Stock of Guns in the US in 1994

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Contents 1 Estimated Number of Guns in 1994 2 Magazine Capacity of Handgun Stock 3 Length of Barrel 4 Source

[edit] Estimated Number of Guns in 1994

Total: 192 million

• Handguns: 65 million
  • Revolvers: 31 million
  • Semiautomatics: 26 million
  • Other: 8 million

• Rifles: 70 million
  • Semiautomatics: 28 million
  • Other: 42 million

• Shotguns: 49 million

• Other long guns: 8 million

[edit] Magazine Capacity of Handgun Stock

The average number of rounds is 8.1

• 1-9 rounds: 79%
• 10 or more rounds: 21%

[edit] Length of Barrel

	% of All Handgun Stock	% of Handguns with Caliber .32 or Under
1-3 inches	17%	37%
4-5 inches	38%	31%
6 or more inches	45%	38%

34% of all handgun stock are .32 caliber or under

[edit] Source

National Institute of Justice, Guns in America: National Survey on Private Ownership and Use of Firearms, May 1997