1.In America, there are approximately 270 million firearms possessed by civilians, and only 897,000 carried by police.
2.Approximately 20% of gun owners own 65% of the guns.
3.The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms reports that about 5.5 million new firearms were manufactured in America in 2010. 95% of these were for the U.S. market.
4.Close to 33,000 Americans were victims of gun-related deaths in 2011 and an average of 268 citizens are shot every day.
5.In 2011, 10.3 in every 100,000 people in the U.S. were victims of gun-related deaths.