Firearms

[CleanShavenJesus]

There are currently over 270 million firearms in the hands of American civilians (enough for over 87% of the U.S. population to own at least one firearm). Each year, approximately 4.5 million firearms are sold in the United States. It is because of these statistics that America has taken gold in the “Highest Gun Ownership Rate” category. And it wasn’t a tight race for first place in that category either: the second place competition, Yemen, only has 11 million firearms circulating through the hands of its civilians. More than 30,000 people die each year via firearm in the U.S, and more than 30 people are shot and murdered every day.

To be honest, speaking as a former owner of a firearm, I'm not cool with those numbers.