Ammoland by Dean Weingarten 9/15/2022
On July 16, 2021, Dr. William English submitted a draft report on his extensive National Firearms Survey of 2021.
On July 18, 2021, Dr. William English submitted a draft report on “The Right to Carry Has Not Increased Crime: Improving an Old Debate Through Better Data on Permit Growth Over Time”. This paper will be covered more completely in another article.
In 2021, Dr. William English submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Court on the NYSRPA v. Bruen case, which was decided on June 22, 2022. Bruen clarified many contentious points about how Second Amendment cases should be treated by the lower courts.
he National Firearms Survey was conducted from February 17 to March 23, 2021. It involved the largest, most comprehensive sample of gun owners in the United States to date. The sample used online polling and started with a survey starting with a representative sample of over fifty-four thousand United states residents. Of the fifty-four thousand samples, 16,708 gun owners were identified to ask in-depth questions about their use and ownership of firearms.
From the survey:• About a third of adults in the U.S. report owning a firearm, totaling about 81.4 million adult gun owners.
• 57.8% of gun owners are male, 42.2% are female.
• 25.4% of Blacks own firearms.
• 28.3% of Hispanics own firearms.
• 19.4% of Asians own firearms.
• 34.3% of Whites own firearms.
The survey found these numbers for the types of firearms owned:• 82.7% of gun owners report owning a handgun, 68.8% report owning a rifle, and 58.4% report owning a shotgun.
• 21.9% of gun owners own only one firearm.
• The average gun owner owns five firearms.
• 30.2% of gun owners, about 24.6 million people, have owned an AR-15 or similarly styled rifle.
• 48.0% of gun owners have owned magazines that hold over ten rounds.
The survey estimated that 415 million firearms were privately owned in the United States in the spring of 2021.More:
https://www.ammoland.com/2022/09/national-firearms-survey-2021-firearms-estimates-and-defensive-gun-uses/#axzz7f3VeQxDM