US Households with Guns Reach an All-time Low
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iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — In spite of the National Rifle Association and other pro-firearm groups touting gun ownership, guns are now found in fewer U.S. households than ever before.
During the 1970s and early 1980s, one in two Americans said there was a gun in their household.
But according to the General Social Survey conducted by the independent research organization NORC, just 32 percent of households in 2014 had at least one gun.
This drop corresponds to the decline in the number of people who hunt. In 1977, about 32 percent of households had at least one hunter compared to 16 percent today.
The GSS survey says that despite these figures, the number of guns sold is actually going up but they are concentrated in fewer hands.
As of 2014, 22 percent of Americans said they owned guns, compared to a high of 31 percent exactly 30 years ago.
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