Thirty per cent of conservatives said they were gun owners, compared with 19% of moderates and only 14% of liberals. Demographic characteristics of gun owners Demographic characteristics of gun ownersRoughly 44% of black gun owners and 37% of Hispanic gun owners said they only owned handguns, compared with 21% of non-Hispanic whites. There is no official national count of the total number of American gun owners or how many guns they own. But as with most aspects of American gun politics, the basic data on American gun ownership is hotly debated, with some gun rights supporters arguing that American gun ownership is not on the decline, and that Americans may be under-reporting their gun ownership in some surveys. Three per cent of American gun owners own half the guns?

Source: The Guardian September 19, 2016 11:01 UTC