85% of world's 1 billion guns in civilian hands

“At the end of 2017, there were approximately 1 billion firearms in over 230 countries around the globe, 84.6 percent of which were held by civilians, 13.1 percent by state militaries, and 2.2 percent by law enforcement agencies - with Americans the dominant owners, according to a study released Monday.”

An interesting (and not explained) finding: “After the American-led interventions in the Middle East and the 2008 financial crisis, citizens of the world have been rushing to stockpile guns. This alarming trend was significantly noted in the United States as civilian gun ownership soared from 2007 to 2017.”

“Anna Alvazzi del Frate, the institute’s program director, said that ‘the countries with the highest level of firearm violence — they don’t rank high in terms of ownership per person.’

“’So what we see is that there is no direct correlation at the global level between firearm ownership and violence,’ she said.”

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-22/americans-now-own-40-worlds-one-billion-guns

Some charts and stuff.

Link at http://knuckledraggin.com/2018/06/americans-now-own-40-of-the-worlds-one-billion-guns/