{"id":119424,"date":"2019-12-04T11:13:46","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T16:13:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/?p=119424"},"modified":"2019-12-04T11:13:46","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T08:03:01","slug":"nssf-releases-firearms-production-figures-almost-18-million-ars-in-circulation-half-a-billion-guns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/nssf-releases-firearms-production-figures-almost-18-million-ars-in-circulation-half-a-billion-guns\/","title":{"rendered":"NSSF Releases Firearms Production Figures: Almost 18 Million ARs in Circulation, Half a Billion Guns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"487\" title=\"NSSF Releases Firearms Production Figures: Almost 18 Million ARs in Circulation, Half a Billion Guns\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AR_Rifles-1024x487.png\" alt=\"NSSF Releases Firearms Production Figures: Almost 18 Million ARs in Circulation, Half a Billion Guns\" class=\"wp-image-119425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AR_Rifles-1024x487.png 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AR_Rifles-150x71.png 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AR_Rifles-400x190.png 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AR_Rifles-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/AR_Rifles.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C<\/strong>. \u2014 The National Shooting Sports Foundation<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>\u00a0(NSSF<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>), the firearms industry trade association, released the 2017 Firearms Production Report to members. The report compiles the most up to date information based on data sourced from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives\u2019 (ATF\u2019s) Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Export Reports (AFMER). Key findings for public release showed:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The estimated total number of firearms in civilian possession from 1986-2018 is&nbsp;<strong>422.9 million<\/strong>, according to data reported in the ATF\u2019s Firearms Commerce Report in the United States 2019 report and including the preliminary 2018 Annual Firearms Manufacturing and Exportation Report (AFMER) figures.<\/li><li><strong>17,740,000<\/strong>&nbsp;Modern Sporting Rifles are in private ownership today.<\/li><li>More than half (54%) of all rifles produced in 2017 were modern sporting rifles.<\/li><li>In 2017,&nbsp;<strong>7,901,218<\/strong>&nbsp;total firearms were produced and imported. Of those,&nbsp;<strong>4,411,923<\/strong>&nbsp;were pistols and revolvers,&nbsp;<strong>2,821,945<\/strong>&nbsp;were rifles and&nbsp;<strong>667,350<\/strong>&nbsp;were shotguns.<\/li><li>An interim 2018 estimate showed a total&nbsp;<strong>7,660,772<\/strong>&nbsp;total firearms were produced and imported. Of those&nbsp;<strong>4,277,971<\/strong>&nbsp;were pistols and revolvers,&nbsp;<strong>2,846,757<\/strong>&nbsp;were rifles and&nbsp;<strong>535,994<\/strong>&nbsp;were shotguns. Those are interim reports and will be updated as complete information becomes available.<\/li><li>Firearms-ammunition manufacturing accounted for nearly&nbsp;<strong>12,000<\/strong>&nbsp;employees producing over&nbsp;<strong>$4.1 billion<\/strong>&nbsp;in goods shipped in 2017. An estimated&nbsp;<strong>8.1 billion rounds<\/strong>, of all calibers and gauges, were produced in 2018 for the U.S. market.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese figures show the industry that America has a strong desire to continue to purchase firearms for lawful purposes,\u201d said Joe Bartozzi, President of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. \u201cThe Modern Sporting Rifle continues to be the most popular centerfire rifle sold in America today and is clearly a commonly-owned firearm with more than 17 million in legal private ownership today. The continued popularity of handguns demonstrates a strong interest by Americans to protect themselves and their homes, and to participate in the recreational shooting sports.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The report also shows that as lawful firearms ownership in America continues to grow, criminal and unintentional misuse of firearms is falling. During the 25-year period covered in this report (1993\u20132017) the violent crime rate has decreased by 48.6 percent and unintentional firearm-related fatalities have declined by 68 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About NSSF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The National Shooting Sports Foundation is the trade association for the firearms industry. Its mission is to promote, protect and preserve hunting and the shooting sports. Formed in 1961, NSSF has a membership of thousands of manufacturers, distributors, firearms retailers, shooting ranges, sportsmen\u2019s organizations and publishers nationwide. For more information, log on to\u00a0<\/em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nssf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"nssf-releases-firearms-production-figures-almost-18-million-ars-in-circulation-half-a-billion-guns\" title=\"NSSF Releases Firearms Production Figures: Almost 18 Million ARs in Circulation, Half a Billion Guns\"><em>www.nssf.org<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" style=\"text-align:center\">***<a href=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/\" campaign=\"BuySellGA_Register\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Buy and Sell on GunsAmerica!<\/a>***<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThese figures show the industry that America has a strong desire to continue to purchase firearms for lawful purposes,\u201d said Joe Bartozzi, President of the National Shooting Sports Foundation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":119425,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_specdata_upc":"","_specdata_placement":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7,1803,240],"tags":[132,1802,311],"featured":[],"hunt365":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-119424","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-gunsamerica-authors","8":"category-news-wire","9":"category-this-week","10":"tag-buzz","11":"tag-news-wire","12":"tag-nssf"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NSSF Releases Firearms Production Figures: Almost 18 Million ARs in Circulation, Half a Billion Guns<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The National Shooting Sports Foundation released figures this week on firearm production figures. 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