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37% of US households owned a gun in 2013, with 24% of adults personally owning one. The US has the highest gun ownership rate in the world, with 270 million civilian firearms, or 90 for every 100 people. Japan has the lowest rate, while Brazil has the highest rate of gun homicides.
About 37 percent of U.S. households had a gun in early 2013, according to one study. Nearly a quarter of adults surveyed reported that they personally owned a gun, and about 13% said it was owned by another member of the household. The United States has the highest number of gun possessions and the highest gun ownership rate per capita in the world. There are approximately 270 million civilian firearms in the United States, or about 90 for every 100 people.
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Japan has the lowest rate of gun ownership, at less than one gun for every 100 people.
Nearly half of US gun owners said they own a gun for protection, an increase of about 22% since 1999.
Although Brazil ranked 75th in the world for civilian gun ownership, it had the highest rate of gun homicides, with more than 34,000 of them in 2010.
