Americans own roughly 42 percent of all the world’s privately held firearms while making up less than 5% of the world’s population. See more

The US holds 31% of global mass shooters while making up less than 5% of the world’s population. See more

Estimated in 2007, the number of civilian-owned firearms in the US was 88.8 guns per 100 people. See more

Yemen, a quasi-failed state torn by civil war, had 54.8 guns per 100 people in 2007. See more

Research shows the ability to use guns in robberies makes similar levels of 'property crime' 54 times more deadly in New York City than in London! See more

The US has nearly six times the gun homicide rate of Canada. Per capita. See more

There were 13 gun massacres in the 18 years before Australia improved their gun control laws. There have not been any since, in over 14 years. See more