Americans now own more than 415 million firearms, according to Georgetown professor William English.
This was a key finding of the National Firearms Survey that was conducted last year by Denver-based research firm Centiment, at the request of English, a professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. English is a political economist interested in ethics, education, and public policy. The survey, which is part of a larger book project, is reportedly the largest ever undertaken of U.S. gun owners.
The survey was administered to about 54,000 U.S. residents aged 18 and over, focusing on 16,708 gun owners who were provided with in-depth questions about their ownership and use of firearms, including defensive uses….