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I've long-suspected that the ~300 million number was too low. Just estimating off of casual firearm owners I know in the USA, they tend towards 2 firearms per person. Assuming I only know people from the non commie-cuck half, that's ~300 million guns right there.

Once you account for collectors and regular shooters instead of just a couple guns in the closet, you end up with a massive number of additional guns. 600 million sounds far more plausible even at a gut-check level.

I've long-suspected that the ~300 million number was too low. Just estimating off of casual firearm owners I know in the USA, they tend towards 2 firearms per person. Assuming I only know people from the non commie-cuck half, that's ~300 million guns right there. Once you account for collectors and regular shooters instead of just a couple guns in the closet, you end up with a massive number of additional guns. 600 million sounds far more plausible even at a gut-check level.

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Many people i know have closer to 30 guns. I would imagine even half of the country owning 5 guns each would be conservative estimate.

If only half the country owns an average of 5 guns, that would be 831,009,125 guns in circulation. This is a conservative number honestly, if the average gun owner owns 1 handgun, 1 rifle, and 1 shot gun (3 guns on average per person) that would work out to around 498,605,475 guns.

It wouldn't be insane to say there could be 1 billion guns in America. Fuck McDonald's can do it with hamburgers, why cant multiple gun companies do it too?

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Particularly since it takes incredible amounts of use to wear out a gun. Something you really only see from milsurp or competitive target practice. It's a safe assumption that 80% of firearms stay in circulation indefinitely.