NSSF Estimates 434 Million Civilian Firearms In U.S.

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Yesterday the NSSF released its latest report on firearms production and ownership.

Among other data it says since 1990, there are an estimated 19.8 million Modern Sporting Rifles (MSRs) in circulation today.

BINGO!

[Old Glock guy 1,127]

Love it!  And yet the courts maintain that MSR's are not "commonly owned."

[silverado427 10,722]

I wonder is that number is just factory  built rifles . 

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That's a TON of hardware!!!!

• An interim 2019 estimate showed a total of 6 million total firearms were produced in the United States. Of those, 3.6 million were pistols and revolvers, 2 million were rifles and 480,000 were shotguns. Those are interim figures that will be updated when complete reports become available from the ATF.
• In 2019, there were approximately 3.3 million firearms imported into the United States which included 2.3 million pistols and revolvers, 301,000 rifles and 678,000 shotguns.
• From 1991 to 2019, nearly 214 million firearms have been made available to the U.S. market.
• According to reports such as: ATF Firearms Commerce in the United States, ATF AFMER and Congressional Research Service data, there are an estimated 434 million firearms in civilian possession in the United States.

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And while all this buying is going on, support for gun control is dropping.

[CMJeepster 2,778]

Does this number account for Bob's collection?