Gun Discussion Continued

Statistical surveys abound, and we certainly need to consider the source.  As Mark Twain once said, There are liars, and damn liars, then there are statistics.  Regarding the amount of guns in America,  The United Nations, in a 2017 ranking by country for civilian held firearms per 100 population, there are 120.5 firearms per 100 persons, estimated number of firearms in civilian possession: 393,347,000.  Of that amount there are 1,073,743 are registered, while 392, 273, 257 are unregistered. 

According to the US congressional research, as of 2009  there were nearly twice as many guns per capita as there were in 1968: more than 300 million guns in all.  One expects 2021gun ownership to have only expanded, over the last 40 years, perhaps by twice as much.  Not only has ownership increased but the lethality of the weapons has increased as well with the rise of assault weapons with large magazines.  It is time for sane gun laws, and a repeal of the 2nd Amendment.

–Robert Thomas, Castro Valley