The most popular statistics about "gun possession"
Gun ownership in the U.S. 1972-2018
Percentage of households in the United States owning one or more firearms from 1972 to 2018
Most peaceful countries in the world 2018
Ranking of the 20 most peaceful countries in the world according to the Global Peace Index 2018
Number of firearm deaths in the U.S. 1990-2016
Number of firearm deaths in the United States from 1990 to 2016
Homicides by firearm in the U.S. 2006-2017
Percentage of homicides by firearm in the United States from 2006 to 2017
Gun ownership in the U.S. 2017, by party affiliation
Percentage of population in the United States owning at least one gun in 2017, by political party affiliation
Reasons for firearm purchase denial following an NICS background check 2018
Federal denials resulting from background checks done by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in the United States from 1998 to 2018
Opinion on gun control strictness and number of mass shootings in the U.S. 2017
Opinion on the effect of inhibiting legal gun ownership on number of mass shootings in the United States as of 2017, by political party
Gun ownership in the U.S. 2017, by gender
Percentage of population in the United States with at least one gun in the household in 2017, by gender
NICS background checks performed in the U.S. 1998-2017
Number of background checks performed by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in the United States from 1998 to 2017
Gun ownership in the U.S. 2017, by education level
Percentage of population in the United States with at least one gun in the household in 2017, by education level
Homicide by firearm rate in the U.S. 2006-2017
Homicide by firearm rate per 100,000 population in the United States from 2006 to 2017
Gun ownership in the U.S. 2017, by ethnicity
Percentage of population in the United States with at least one gun in the household in 2017, by ethnicity
Gun crime recorded in London 2010-2018
Number of gun crimes recorded in London* from 2010/11 to 2017/18
Gun ownership in the U.S. 2017, by age
Percentage of population in the United States with at least one gun in the household in 2017, by age
Gun ownership in the U.S. 2012, by ethnicity
Percentage of population in the United States with at least one gun in the household between 2007 and 2012, by ethnicity
Gun ownership in the U.S. 2012, by education
Percentage of population in the United States with at least one gun in the household between 2007 and 2012, by education
Number of homicides by firearm in the U.S. 2006-2017
Number of homicides by firearm in the United States from 2006 to 2017
Gun ownership in the U.S. 2017, by region
Percentage of population in the United States owning at least one gun in 2017, by geographic region
Privately-owned firearms
Number of privately-owned firearms (per 100 inhabitants)
Factors to blame for mass shootings in the US 2013
How much do you think each of the following factors is to blame for the mass shootings that have occurred in the US in recent years?
NICS background checks done by U.S. firearms licensees 2017, by state
Number of background checks done by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) in the United States in 2017, by state
Firearm ownership rate, by household income U.S. 2014
Share of households that own a firearm in the United States in 2014, by household income
Generation gap on social issues - attitude towards gun control in the U.S.
What is more important, protecting gun rights or controlling gun ownership? (by generation, United States, 2011)
Comparison: easy access to guns to blame for mass shootings in the US, 2011 and 2013
How much do you think easy access to guns is to blame for the mass shootings that have occurred in the US in recent years?
Number of firearm suicide deaths in the U.S. 1990-2016
Number of firearm suicide deaths in the United States from 1990 to 2016
Survey on the importance of gun control and gun ownership - U.S. 2012
What do you think is more important - protecting the right of Americans to own guns, or controlling gun ownership? (United States, July 2012)
Comparison: Violence in media to blame for mass shootings in the US, 2011 and 2013
How much do you think violence in movies, video games, and music lyrics is to blame for the mass shootings that have occurred in the US in recent years?
U.S. public opinion on the strictness of laws covering firearms sale 1990-2018
In general, do you feel that the laws covering the sale of firearms should be made more strict, less strict, or kept as they are now?
U.S. survey: views on right to print 3D-guns at home in 2013, by political view
Share of Americans who think people should be allowed to print their own 3D guns at home in May 2013, by political party
Satisfaction with gun policy in the US 2014
How satisfied are you with the strictness of gun laws in the US?
U.S. public opinion on the "stand your ground laws" in March 2012
Do you approve or disapprove of the "stand your ground laws"?*
NICS background check rate per 100,000 residents 2017, by state
Number of background checks done by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) per 100,000 residents in the United States in 2017, by state
U.S. survey: views on right to print 3D-guns at home in 2013
Share of Americans who think people should be allowed to print their own 3D guns at home in May 2013
U.S. gun households from 1994 to 2015
Share of Americans who have a gun in their home or on their property from 1994 to 2015
Number of firearm suicide deaths in the U.S. 2016, by age
Number of firearm suicide deaths in the United States in 2016, by age
Gun ownership in the U.S. 2014, by gender
Percentage of population in the United States owning at least one gun in 2014, by gender
Rate of firearm homicide deaths in the U.S. 1990-2016
Rate of firearm homicide deaths per 100,000 of population in the United States from 1990 to 2016
Canada: number of individual firearms licenses held in 2016, by province or territory
Number of individual firearms licenses held in Canada in 2016, by province or territory
U.S. gun households in 2011, by political affiliation
Share of Americans who personally own a gun, by their political affiliation in 2011
Total cost of violence to the U.S. economy 2010
Total cost of violence to the U.S. economy in 2010, by static and dynamic indicators (in million U.S. dollars)
2012 United States Peace Index, by state
Ranking of the U.S. states by peacefulness according to the United States Peace Index 2012
Americans on gun laws reducing the number of mass shootings 2017
If new gun control laws were passed, do you think it would reduce the number of mass shootings in the U.S.?
The spread of extremist viewpoints on the internet as a factor for mass shootings, 2011- 2013
How much do you think the spread of extremist viewpoints on the internet is to blame for the mass shootings that have occurred in the US in recent years?
Americans' fears of becoming a victim of a mass shooting 2015 & 2017
How worried are you that you or someone in your family will become a victim of a mass shooting?
Comparison: drug use as a factor to blame for mass shootings in the US, 2011 and 2013
How much do you think drug use is to blame for the mass shootings that have occurred in the US in recent years?
United States: presence of a firearm at home 2018
Do you have a gun in your home?
U.S. public opinion on people in neighborhood watch programs carrying guns 2012
Do you think people who participate in neighborhood watch programs should or should not carry guns?
U.S. public opinion on a law that bans private handgun possession 1990-2018
Do you think there should or should not be a law that would ban the possession of handguns, except by the police and other authorized persons?
U.S. survey: views on right to print 3D-guns at home in 2013, by gender
Share of Americans who think people should be allowed to print their own 3D guns at home in May 2013, by gender
Total crime offences recorded in London 2010-2018
Annual number of crime offences recorded in London from 2010/11 to 2017/18*
Firearms discovered by screeners at U.S. airports 2005-2017
Number of firearms discovered by screeners at airports in the United States from 2005 to 2017
Percentage of U.S. population who know gun violence victims, as of 2013
Percentage of U.S. population who personally know someone who has been the victim of a crime involving a gun in the past three years as of 2013, by demographic characteristics
U.S. students carrying a weapon on school property in 2017, by gender and ethnicity
Percentage of students who carried a weapon on school property in 2017, by gender and ethnicity
U.S. ownership of modern sporting rifles (MSRs) 2010
How many modern sporting rifles (MSRs) do you own?
Most peaceful U.S. metropolitan areas 2012
The 10 most peaceful metropolitan areas in the U.S. according to the United States Peace Index 2012
Public perception of gun crime in America 2013
In recent years, has the number of gun crimes in America gone up, gone down or stayed the same?
Percentage of U.S. Americans who are satisfied with gun laws 2001-2016
Percentages of U.S. Americans who are satisfied/dissatified with United States gun laws from 2001 to 2016
U.S. public opinion on whether the shooting of Trayvon Martin was justified July 2013
Do you think the shooting of Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman in Florida was justified of unjustified?
Gun ownership in the U.S. 2012, by age
Percentage of population in the United States with at least one gun in the household between 2007 and 2012, by age
U.S. public opinion on the jury’s verdict in the Zimmerman-Martin case 2013
Do you approve or disapprove of the jury’s verdict last week finding George Zimmerman not guilty in Trayvon Martin’s death?
Percentage of fatal shootings by police in the U.S., from Jan.-Oct. 2015, by reason
Share of fatal shootings by police in the U.S. between Janurary 1st and October 24th 2015, by prompt for weapon discharge
U.S. juvenile arrest rate for weapon possession 2016, by state
Juvenile arrest rate for weapon possession in the United States in 2016, by state
Least peaceful U.S. metropolitan areas 2012
The 10 least peaceful metropolitan areas in the U.S. according to the United States Peace Index 2012
Canada: firearms registered to individuals and businesses in 2016, by province
Number of firearms registered to individuals and businesses in Canada in 2016, by province or territory
Number of firearm suicide deaths in the U.S. 2016, by gender
Number of firearm suicide deaths in the United States in 2016, by gender
Weapon ownership among U.S. students by ethnic group 2015
Percentage of students in grades 9–12 who were carrying a weapon at least one time during the previous 30 days in 2015, by location and ethnicity
Reasons for firearm ownership U.S. 2015
Distribution of reasons for firearm ownership in the United States in 2015
Survey among Americans on the NRA reflecting their views in December 2012
How often does the National Rifle Association (NRA) reflect your views about guns?
U.S. public schools - disciplinary reaction to student offenses 2010
Percentage distribution of serious disciplinary actions taken by public schools in response to student misbehaviour 2009–10
Number of firearm deaths in the U.S. 2016, by ethnicity
Number of firearm deaths in the United States in 2016, by ethnicity
U.S. students who were injured with a weapon at school 2017, by gender and ethnicity
Percentage of students who were threatened or injured with a weapon on school property in 2017, by gender and ethnicity
U.S. public opinion on safety gains through more concealed weapons 2015
If more Americans carried concealed weapons, would the United States be safer?
Number of firearm suicide deaths in the U.S. 2016, by ethnicity
Number of firearm suicide deaths in the United States in 2016, by ethnicity
Number of non-fatal firearm crimes in the U.S. 2000-2016
Number of non-fatal firearm crimes in the United States from 2000 to 2016 (in thousands)
Gun deaths or injuries from toddlers shooting firearms in 2015, by incident type
Number of deaths or injuries resulting from a toddler discharing a firearm, by incident type, from Janurary 1 to October 14, 2015
Number of firearm deaths in the U.S. 2016, by gender
Number of firearm deaths in the United States in 2016, by gender
Predicted health-related changes by banning guns in the U.S. 2015
Potential health-related aspects avoided by banning guns in the United States as of 2015
Number of firearm deaths in the U.S. 2016, by age
Number of firearm deaths in the United States in 2016, by age
Number of registered firearms in South Korea 2007-2016
Number of firearms registered by individuals or business in South Korea from 2007 to 2016
Rate of firearm deaths in the U.S. 1990-2010
Rate of firearm deaths per 100,000 of population in the United States from 1990 to 2010
Firearm ownership rate, by proximity to urban centers U.S. 2017
Percentage of the population in the United States with at least one gun in the household in 2017, by proximity to urban centers
U.S. public opinion on background checks for all gun purchases 2015
Would you favor universal background checks for all gun purchases in the U.S.?
Canada: reasons for firearms license application refusals in 2016
Reasons for firearms license application refusals in Canada in 2016, based on number of refusals
Share of Americans who own a gun in 2011, by gender
Share of Americans who personally own a gun in 2011, by gender
Rate of firearm suicide deaths in the U.S. 1990-2016
Rate of firearm suicide deaths per 100,000 of population in the United States from 1990 to 2016
Canada: number of firearms seized in 2016, by type
Number of firearms seized in Canada in 2016, by type
Number of gun licenses in Norway 2016, by district
Number of gun licenses in Norway in 2016, by district
Rate of non-fatal firearm crimes per 100,000 of population in the U.S. 2000-2011
Victimization rate of non-fatal firearm crimes per 100,000 of population in the United States from 2000 to 2011
Cyber bullying: share of bullied students 2012-2013, by school conditions
Percentage of U.S. students who were cyber bullied as of school year 2012-2013, by unfavorable school conditions
U.S.: laws for the sale of firearms
Should the laws that relate to the sale of firearms rather be exacerbated, attenuated, or should they rather remain as they currently are?
Share of households that hunt U.S. 1989-2014
Share of households that hunt in United States in 1989 to 2014
Canada: number of revoked firearms registrations from 2010 to 2016
Number of revoked firearms registration certificates in Canada from 2010 to 2016
How often Americans carry a gun, by gender 2018
How often do you carry a gun on you?
Italy: opinion on the use of weapons as defense 2016
Public opinion on the use of weapons as defense in Italy in 2016
Canada: number of individual firearms licenses issued in 2016, by type
Number of individual firearms licenses issued in Canada in 2016, by type
Survey among Americans on their opinion of the NRA in December 2012
What is your overall opinion of the National Rifle Association (NRA)?
Methods of firearm acquisition U.S. 2015
Distribution of method of acquisition of firearms by owners in the United States in 2015
Canada: reasons for firearms license revocations in 2016
Reasons for firearms license revocations in Canada in 2016, by number of revocations
Italy: opinion on possession of weapons for personal defense in 2017
Do you think it is right to keep a weapon at home for personal defense?
Number of weapons in Norway 2016, by district
Number of weapons in Norway in 2016, by district