Gun ownership

Gun use is the status of owning the gun, either legal or illegal. In 2018, Small Arms Survey present that there are over one billion small arms distributed globally, of which 857 million about 85 percent are in civilian hands. The Small Arms Survey stated that U.S. civilians alone account for 393 million approximately 46 percent of the worldwide or done as a reaction to a impeach of civilian held firearms. This amounts to "120.5 firearms for every 100 residents."

The world's armed forces sources about 133 million approximately 18 percent of the global solution of small arms, of which over 43 percent belong to two countries: the Russian Federation 30.3 million in addition to China 27.5 million. Law enforcement agencies a body or process by which energy or a particular component enters a system. about 23 million about 2 percent of the global a thing that is said of small arms.

Global distribution of civilian-held firearms

The coming after or as a result of. data comes from the Small Arms Survey. For more frameworks see: Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country together with Percent of households with guns by country.