Thought I'd post one that I think is a good thing. Gun ownership stats for the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country
We're number 1 with 88.8 guns per 100 people. Nobody is even close. The list is 2007 so 7 years of BHO has cemented our lead.
Some other stats I found from the same year:
U.S. citizens own 270 million of the world's 875 million known firearms, according to the Small Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies.
About 4.5 million (note, I think we are buying 10-11 milllion this year - Carbinemike) of the 8 million new guns manufactured worldwide each year are purchased in the United States, it said.
"There is roughly one firearm for every seven people worldwide. Without the United States, though, this drops to about one firearm per 10 people," it said.
The report, which relied on government data, surveys and media reports to estimate the size of world arsenals, estimated there were 650 million civilian firearms worldwide, and 225 million held by law enforcement and military forces.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country
We're number 1 with 88.8 guns per 100 people. Nobody is even close. The list is 2007 so 7 years of BHO has cemented our lead.
Some other stats I found from the same year:
U.S. citizens own 270 million of the world's 875 million known firearms, according to the Small Arms Survey 2007 by the Geneva-based Graduate Institute of International Studies.
About 4.5 million (note, I think we are buying 10-11 milllion this year - Carbinemike) of the 8 million new guns manufactured worldwide each year are purchased in the United States, it said.
"There is roughly one firearm for every seven people worldwide. Without the United States, though, this drops to about one firearm per 10 people," it said.
The report, which relied on government data, surveys and media reports to estimate the size of world arsenals, estimated there were 650 million civilian firearms worldwide, and 225 million held by law enforcement and military forces.