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How many firearms are there per 100 people in the US?

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How many firearms are there per 100 people in the US?

Figures from the Small Arms Survey – a Swiss-based leading research project – estimate 390 million guns in circulation in the US in 2018. That’s a ratio of 120.5 guns per 100 people, making the US the only nation on Earth with more civilian firearms than people. In comparison, Canada has a ratio of 34.7 guns per 100 people, there are 12.9 guns per 100 people in Mexico, and The UK has a rate of 5.03 firearms per 100 people._x000D_

What happened at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas?

_x000D_An 18-year-old shooter killed at least 19 children and two adults on May 24, 2022, at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas – the deadliest American school shooting since the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut, decade ago._x000D_

How do mass shooters acquire guns in the US?

_x000D_From 1966 to 2019, 77 percent of mass shooters obtained the weapons they used through legal purchases, according to data compiled by the National Institute of Justice, the research wing of the Justice Department.

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