|dev|null wrote on May 27
th, 2015 at 12:26pm:
This is the undeniable fact that
is absolutely relevant to this thread's topic.....
From HB's link above
Quote:........the sheer number of firearms available in the US (almost one for every person) render effective control of those firearms impossible......
Now, the number suggested in that article is just an imaginary estimate.
Why?
Because it is impossible to know the actual number of firearms because better than 90+% of all Firearms in America are not registered in any way, manner or form, & will probably never be registered.
Why?
Because in America having to directly register (as mandated by a legal obligation) having to directly register a firearm has been ruled virtually illegal. The only thing close to a registration is a non-descriptive record that must be kept by each authorized firearm sale when & where a background check has been made mandatory, but such registration usually does not to include the purchasers name, address, or other identifiable information, except for the actual firearm, for privacy reasons.
So, the number of firearms has been estimated to be between 280 million to somewhere around 350 million firearms, of which the government (the Military & Law Enforcement) only account for about 25% of the hardware, & the rest (about 250,000,000 or so) are in the hands of the public & collectors.
This little fact alone makes forcibly disarming America a joke.