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If gun-control advocates still want to argue that firearm ownership is a fringe activity in America, a new national survey just made that position much harder to defend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The newly released 2026 National Firearms Survey<\/a> estimates that 32.7% of American adults personally own firearms. That works out to roughly 88 million people who collectively own an estimated 461 million guns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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That total reportedly includes about 208 million handguns, 154 million rifles, and 99 million shotguns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reporting from the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms<\/a>, the survey was conducted by Georgetown University professor William English. It is the second wave of his National Firearms Survey, following his initial research published in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The updated numbers surrounding AR-15s and other modern semiautomatic rifles could be particularly important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey found that 25% of American gun owners currently own an AR-15-type rifle<\/a>. While 12.9% own another similarly styled semiautomatic rifle. Altogether, 30% of gun owners, or approximately 26.4 million adults, own at least one firearm in either category.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The researchers estimate Americans currently own roughly 40 million AR-15-type rifles. And another 20 million similarly styled rifles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those are not niche numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SEE ALSO: Liberal Professor Says We\u2019re Doing the Gun Debate Wrong<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

They could also carry serious weight as courts continue considering whether bans on AR-15s and similar firearms violate the Second Amendment. Under the Supreme Court\u2019s \u201ccommon use\u201d language, tens of millions of rifles owned by millions of law-abiding citizens present an obvious problem for states trying to characterize them as unusual weapons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis new survey comes at a very important moment,\u201d CCRKBA Chairman Alan Gottlieb<\/a> said, pointing to a major Supreme Court case involving bans on AR-15-type rifles and pistols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey also examined the number of Americans who carry handguns for personal protection. It found that 70% of gun owners carry a handgun for self-defense<\/a> under at least some circumstances. An estimated 33.6 million gun owners hold a permit and carry in public at least occasionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers also estimated approximately 2.2 million defensive gun uses each year. That’s a HUGE number!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That figure will probably generate plenty of debate. Defensive gun-use estimates have varied widely over the years. Partly because many incidents do not involve a shot being fired or a police report. The new estimate is based on respondents reporting their own experiences, rather than a centralized collection of law-enforcement records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Still, the broader ownership figures are difficult to wave away. The average gun owner reportedly owns about 5.2 firearms, while more than half own magazines capable of holding over 10 rounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gottlieb said the findings provide hard data that lawmakers, the media, and gun-control organizations should not ignore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whatever side of the debate someone falls on, 88 million gun owners and 461 million firearms<\/a> tell a pretty clear story. Gun ownership is not an obscure American pastime, and AR-15s are not rare curiosities sitting in the back corners of a few gun safes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They are owned by millions of ordinary Americans, and there are tens of millions of them in circulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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