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  1. Gun ownership in the U.S. 1972-2023

    • statista.com
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    Updated Jun 23, 2025
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    Statista (2025). Gun ownership in the U.S. 1972-2023 [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/249740/percentage-of-households-in-the-united-states-owning-a-firearm/
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    Jun 23, 2025
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The share of American households owning at least one firearm has remained relatively steady since 1972, hovering between ** percent and ** percent. In 2023, about ** percent of U.S. households had at least one gun in their possession. Additional information on firearms in the United States Firearms command a higher degree of cultural significance in the United States than any other country in the world. Since the inclusion of the right to bear arms in the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, firearms have held symbolic power beyond their already obvious material power. Despite many Americans being proud gun-owners, a large movement exists within the country in opposition to the freedom afforded to those in possession of these potentially deadly weapons. Those opposed to current gun regulation have sourced their anger from the large number of deaths due to firearms in the country, as well as the high frequency of gun violence apparent in comparison to other developed countries. Furthermore, the United States has fallen victim to a number of mass shootings in the last two decades, most of which have raised questions over the ease at which a person can obtain a firearm. Although this movement holds a significant position in the public political discourse of the United States, meaningful change regarding the legislation dictating the ownership of firearms has not occurred. Critics have pointed to the influence possessed by the National Rifle Association through their lobbying of public officials. The National Rifle Association also lobbies for the interests of firearm manufacturing in the United States, which has continued to rise since a fall in the early 2000s.

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    Data from: Urban scaling of firearm violence, ownership and accessibility in...

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    Updated Apr 25, 2025
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    Rayan Succar; Rayan Succar; Maurizio Porfiri; Maurizio Porfiri (2025). Urban scaling of firearm violence, ownership and accessibility in the United States [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.58153/xv1tw-98j62
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    Dataset updated
    Apr 25, 2025
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    New York University
    Authors
    Rayan Succar; Rayan Succar; Maurizio Porfiri; Maurizio Porfiri
    License

    https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.htmlhttps://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0-standalone.html

    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The United States is ranked first in gun possession globally and is among the countries suffering the most from firearm violence. Several aspects of the US firearm ecosystem have been detailed over the years, mostly focusing on nation- or state-level phenomena. Systematic, high-resolution studies that compare US cities are largely lacking, leaving several questions open. For example, how does firearm violence vary with the population size of a US city? Are guns more prevalent and accessible in larger cities? In search of answers to these questions, we apply urban scaling theory, which has been instrumental in understanding the present and future of urbanization for the past 15 years. We collate a dataset about firearm violence, accessibility and ownership in 929 cities, ranging from 10,000 to 20,000,000 people. We discover superlinear scaling of firearm violence (measured through the incidence of firearm homicides and armed robberies) and sublinear scaling of both firearm ownership (inferred from the percentage of suicides that are committed with firearm) and firearm accessibility (measured as the prevalence of federal firearm-selling licenses). To investigate the mechanism underlying the US firearm ecosystem, we establish a novel information-theoretic methodology that infers associations from the variance of urban features about scaling laws. We unveil influence of violence and firearm accessibility on firearm ownership, which we model through a Cobb–Douglas function. Such an influence suggests that self-protection could be a critical driver of firearm ownership in US cities, whose extent is moderated by access to firearms.

  3. Number of registered weapons U.S. 2021, by state

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    Updated Aug 20, 2024
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    Statista (2024). Number of registered weapons U.S. 2021, by state [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/215655/number-of-registered-weapons-in-the-us-by-state/
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    Aug 20, 2024
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    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    May 2021
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    Texas was the state with the highest number of registered weapons in the United States in 2021, with 1,006,555 firearms. Rhode Island, on the other hand, had the least, with 4,887 registered firearms.

    Gun laws in the United States

    Gun ownership in the U.S. is protected by the 2nd Amendment of the Constitution, which allows citizens to own firearms and form a militia if necessary.

    Outside of the 2nd Amendment, gun laws in the U.S. vary from state to state, and gun owners are subject to the laws of the state they are currently in, not necessarily the state they live in. For example, if concealed carry is allowed in a gun owner’s state of residence, but not in the state they are travelling in, the owner is subject to the law of the state they are travelling in.

    Civilian-owned firearms

    The United States is estimated to have the highest rate of civilian-owned firearms in the world, and more than double that of Yemen, which has the second-highest gun ownership rate. Unfortunately, along with high gun ownership rates comes a higher number of homicides by firearm, which was about 10,258 homicides in 2019.

  4. Flash Eurobarometer 383: Firearms in the European Union

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    Updated Oct 22, 2013
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    Directorate-General for Communication (2013). Flash Eurobarometer 383: Firearms in the European Union [Dataset]. https://data.europa.eu/data/datasets/s1125_383?locale=en
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    Dataset updated
    Oct 22, 2013
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    Directorate-General Communication
    Authors
    Directorate-General for Communication
    License

    Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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    Area covered
    European Union
    Description

    This survey begins by examining the level of firearm ownership among European citizens. It then looks at perceptions of firearms-related crime and whether stricter regulation is the most effective way to address the problem. The role of the EU is also considered, in terms of whether common European laws might improve the control of firearms, whether the EU is the institution best placed to address firearms trafficking, and whether the EU should work with non-Member States to improve firearms control outside the EU.

    The results by volumes are distributed as follows:
    • Volume A: Countries
    • Volume AA: Groups of countries
    • Volume A' (AP): Trends
    • Volume AA' (AAP): Trends of groups of countries
    • Volume B: EU/socio-demographics
    • Volume B' (BP) : Trends of EU/ socio-demographics
    • Volume C: Country/socio-demographics ---- Researchers may also contact GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences: https://www.gesis.org/eurobarometer
  5. U.S. gun laws 2024, by state

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    Updated Jun 23, 2025
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    Statista (2025). U.S. gun laws 2024, by state [Dataset]. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1381099/us-gun-laws-by-state/
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    Jun 23, 2025
    Dataset authored and provided by
    Statistahttp://statista.com/
    Time period covered
    2024
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    In the United States, gun laws vary from one state to the next; whether residents need a permit or a background check to purchase a firearm, whether residents must undergo firearm training before making this purchase, and whether residents can openly carry their guns in public is dependent upon state legislation. As of 2024, ** U.S. states required background checks and/or permits for the purchase of a handgun. A further ** states had regulations on openly carrying firearms in public, however, only California, Connecticut, Florida, and Illinois had completely prohibited open carry for all firearms. In comparison, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York prohibited open carry for handguns but either did not have regulations in place or required a permit for other types of guns. A constitutional right The Second Amendment of the Constitution, which states that citizens have the right to bear arms, has made it difficult for any gun control legislation to be passed on a national level in the United States. As a result, gun control laws in the U.S. are state-based, and often differ based on political perspectives. States with strong gun laws in place, such as Massachusetts, generally experience less gun violence, however, some states with strong gun laws, such as Maryland, continue to face high rates of gun violence, which has largely been attributed to gun trafficking activity found throughout the nation. A culture of gun owners In comparison to other high-income countries with stricter gun control laws, the United States has the highest gun homicide rate at **** gun homicides per 100,000 residents. However, despite increasing evidence that easy access to firearms, whether legal or illegal, encourages higher rates of gun violence, the United States continues to foster an environment in which owning a firearm is seen as personal freedom. Almost **** of U.S. households have reported owning at least one firearm and ** percent of registered voters in the U.S. were found to believe that it was more important to protect the right of Americans to own guns, compared to ** percent who said it was more important to limit gun ownership.

  6. State Firearm Law Database: State Firearm Laws, 1991-2019

    • icpsr.umich.edu
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    Updated Feb 26, 2020
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    Siegel, Michael (2020). State Firearm Law Database: State Firearm Laws, 1991-2019 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR37363.v1
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    Dataset updated
    Feb 26, 2020
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    Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Researchhttps://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/pages/
    Authors
    Siegel, Michael
    License

    https://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/37363/termshttps://www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/ICPSR/studies/37363/terms

    Time period covered
    1991 - 2019
    Area covered
    United States
    Description

    The State Firearm Database catalogs the presence or absence of 134 firearm safety laws in 14 categories covering the 26-year period from 1991 to 2019. The classification system categorizes state firearm provisions using a methodology that both captures differences and maintains a level of comparability between states. Because of this, the database is not the most detailed nor the most comprehensive record of all state firearm policies. Other resources may provide users with a deeper understanding of individual provisions, while this database serves as an efficient way to compare the broad scope of state firearm laws across the country. These provisions covered 14 aspects of state policies, including regulation of the process by which firearm transfers take place, ammunition, firearm possession, firearm storage, firearm trafficking, and liability of firearm manufacturers. In addition, descriptions of the criteria used to code each provision have been provided so that there is transparency in how various law exemptions, exceptions, and other nuances were addressed.

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Gun ownership in the U.S. 1972-2023

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Dataset updated
Jun 23, 2025
Dataset authored and provided by
Statistahttp://statista.com/
Area covered
United States
Description

The share of American households owning at least one firearm has remained relatively steady since 1972, hovering between ** percent and ** percent. In 2023, about ** percent of U.S. households had at least one gun in their possession. Additional information on firearms in the United States Firearms command a higher degree of cultural significance in the United States than any other country in the world. Since the inclusion of the right to bear arms in the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, firearms have held symbolic power beyond their already obvious material power. Despite many Americans being proud gun-owners, a large movement exists within the country in opposition to the freedom afforded to those in possession of these potentially deadly weapons. Those opposed to current gun regulation have sourced their anger from the large number of deaths due to firearms in the country, as well as the high frequency of gun violence apparent in comparison to other developed countries. Furthermore, the United States has fallen victim to a number of mass shootings in the last two decades, most of which have raised questions over the ease at which a person can obtain a firearm. Although this movement holds a significant position in the public political discourse of the United States, meaningful change regarding the legislation dictating the ownership of firearms has not occurred. Critics have pointed to the influence possessed by the National Rifle Association through their lobbying of public officials. The National Rifle Association also lobbies for the interests of firearm manufacturing in the United States, which has continued to rise since a fall in the early 2000s.

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