USA Gun Owners Buy 14 Million Plus Guns In 2009 – More Than 21 of the Worlds Standing Armies Combined
That is 14,033,824,000 billion+ rounds of Ammo..you think that is why we have an Ammo shortage?
Washington, DC –-(AmmoLand.com)- Data released by the FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) for the year reported 14,033,824 NICS Checks for the year of 2009, a 10 percent increase in gun purchases from the 12,709,023 reported in 2008.
So far that is roughly 14,000,000+ guns bought last year!
The total is probably more as many NICS background checks cover the purchase of more than one gun at a time by individuals.
To put it in perspective that is more guns than the combined active armies of the top 21 countries in the world. countries by number of troops
Of the NICS background checks preformed less than and average .005% were denied, showing, overwhelmingly, that law abiding American citizens are the ones buying guns and that criminals are getting their guns elsewhere.
14,033,824,000 billions rounds of Ammo
Assuming each gun buyer bought 1000 rounds of ammo for each purchase, and you and I know that it is way, way more than that, that would be easily 14,033,824,000+ billions rounds of ammo fired by USA gun owners.
What percent of people were killed or injured by this ammo…it is just to infinitesimally small for me to calculate?
Crime At Record Lows
This record year in firearms background checks show that Americans are solidly in-favor of exercising their civil right to Keep and Bear Arms.
In a year were crime has reached an all time record low what is plainly clear is that more guns equal LESS CRIME!
Countries By Number Of Troops: Source Wikipedia
| People’s Republic of China | 2,255,000 |
| United States | 1,473,900 |
| India | 1,414,000 |
| North Korea | 1,106,000 |
| Russia | 1,037,000 |
| Pakistan | 619,000 |
| South Korea | 687,000 |
| Iran | 545,000 |
| Turkey | 514,850 |
| Vietnam | 484,000 |
| Egypt | 450,000 |
| Myanmar | 428,250 |
| Indonesia | 400,000 |
| Brazil | 369,000 |
| Thailand | 306,600 |
| Syria | 296,000 |
| Republic of China | 290,000 |
| Colombia | 285,554 |
| Germany | 284,500 |
| Iraq | 273,618 |
| Sri Lanka | 266,700 |
| 13,785,972 |
| People’s Republic of China | 2,255,000 |
| United States | 1,473,900 |
| India | 1,414,000 |
| North Korea | 1,106,000 |
| Russia | 1,037,000 |
| Pakistan | 619,000 |
| South Korea | 687,000 |
| Iran | 545,000 |
| Turkey | 514,850 |
| Vietnam | 484,000 |
| Egypt | 450,000 |
| Myanmar | 428,250 |
| Indonesia | 400,000 |
| Brazil | 369,000 |
| Thailand | 306,600 |
| Syria | 296,000 |
| Republic of China | 290,000 |
| Colombia | 285,554 |
| Germany | 284,500 |
| Iraq | 273,618 |
| Sri Lanka | 266,700 |
This is an evaluation of overall firearms and ammunition purchases based on low end numbers per Federal NIC instacheck data base Statistics. The numbers presented are only PART of the overall numbers of arms and ammunition that have been sold.
The actual numbers are much higher.
Um, AmmoLand, I'll use small words so you might be able to understand. There is no correlation (sorry, 'link') between high gun sales and lowering crime rates. That's just two unconnected statistics. Yes, gun masturbators like you may WANT there to be a connection. You may pray every night to your Republican God that there is a connection, but there isn't. There is no connection and never will be a connection between elevated gun sales and lower crime. The US has a violent crime and homicide rate many times higher than Canada, Europe, and most of developed Asia. There IS… Read more »
Eastwood:;
Have you had your head buried in a hole. It is all over the news this month. Gun sales are at all time highs and crime is at an all time low. Google it buddy you can miss it!
What in illiterate, ill-informed and generally ignorant article! You say, "what is plainly clear is that more guns equal LESS CRIME!" What rubbish! That's equivalent to saying that America's rising obesity levels (yes, Yanks are getting fatter by the minute) is linked to rising gun sales. It doesn't equate. Then again, the mindless gun-loving masses in the U.S. probably skew statistics to justify their firearm fetish at every opportunity. An then there are twits like 'Tex' who like to ruminate on the likelihood of an invasion. What idiocy! I seriously doubt the U.S. government would consider 14 million more armed… Read more »
Americans are damned right to buy guns .Till 1500 ac. Germans used to say :Only an armed man is a free man ! Look at what happened to as 500 years later : Freedom has gone ,we live in a so called democracy and any ashole can rob us :So keep buying guns ,stay free . And see Switzerland , it has a very free gun law and the lowest crime rate with guns in the world !!! Only criminal politicians and certan minorities want to take our guns. Give em up when they pry am from your cold ,dead… Read more »
*slow clap*
An armed citizenry, is a peaceful citizeny. Any Counrty wishing to "invade the USA" will have to consider not only how to get throught our armed forces but will also have to attack the people that gave rise to those armed forces, understanding that for more than 200 years our people have been using guns and are familiar with their effectiveness. God Bless America