The data displays the percentage of households in the U.S. which own firearms from 1972 to 2017. In 2017, about 42% of U.S. households had at least one gun in possession.
Additional information on firearms in the U.S.
Firearms command a higher degree of cultural significance in the U.S. than any other country in the world. Since the inclusion of the right to bear arms in the second amendment to the constitution of the U.S., firearms have held symbolic power beyond their already obvious material power. Despite many Americans being proud gun-owners a large movement exists within the country in opposition to the freedom afforded to those in possession of these potentially deadly weapons.
