Guns

When ever there is a shooting the first thing that many people say is there are too many guns. In 1990 there were 24,700 murders in the US and that dropped to 16,300 by 2020. This drop occurred even though the population increased from 250 million to 330 million. There were 65 million hand guns in the US in 1990 and 106 million in 2020. Total number of guns of all types owned by private citizens increased from 200 million in 1990 to 400 million today. Since 1990 the number of guns in the US has doubled while the number of murders has been cut in half. 34% of Whites own a gun, 25% of Blacks, 28% or Hispanics and 19% of Asians