USA! USA! #1 on something we should be proud of

[Madmick]

Americans own nearly half world's guns in civilian hands: survey
(Reuters) - Americans make up 4 percent of the world's population but owned about 46 percent of the estimated 857 million weapons in civilian hands at the end of 2017, a survey showed on Monday.

The Small Arms Survey, an independent global research project based in Geneva, Switzerland, found that there were more than 1 billion firearms in the world, of which civilians owned 85 percent, while the rest were held by militaries or law enforcement agencies.

The number of guns owned by civilians globally rose to 857 million in 2017 from 650 million in 2006, the survey said. There were 120 guns for every 100 U.S. residents in 2017, it found, followed by Yemen with nearly 53 firearms per 100 people.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/mobile.reuters.com/article/amp/idUSKBN1JE220

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"Civilian" hands.

Oh what a difference a simple word can make.

 

[skold]

0% of the world's dictators since 1776.

He says with pride as he continues to stuff kevlar into his daughter's school bag...