Episode 240-How Many Guns in the US? Also Available OnSearchable Podcast TranscriptGun Lawyer– Episode 240

SUMMARY KEYWORDS

Firearm ownership, privately owned guns, anti-gun laws, Second Amendment, gun rights, firearm manufacturing, machete ban, youth marksmanship, toy guns, gun safety, gun laws, gun rights suppression, firearm training, gun legislation, gun ownership statistics.

SPEAKERS

Speaker 1, Evan Nappen, Teddy Nappen, Speaker 2

Evan Nappen  00:15

I’m Evan Nappen.

Teddy Nappen  00:16

And I’m Teddy Nappen.

Evan Nappen  00:18

And welcome to Gun Lawyer. So, here’s a question that I’ve pondered, and I bet many of you have, too. Now we have some updated information to get an answer to it. And the question is, how many privately owned firearms are there in the United States? We’re talking privately owned, not even owned by, you know, the Government, the military, etc. How many privately owned firearms are in the United States?

Teddy Nappen  00:50

Now, it’s the total number of the firearms?

Evan Nappen  00:53

Total number of guns in the U.S. It is interesting to know this figure, especially when you start thinking about those that want to suppress our rights. So, this is an article from AmmoLand, and it’s by one of my favorite writers in AmmoLand, who is Dean Weingarten. (https://www.ammoland.com/2025/05/update-533-million-privately-owned-firearms-in-the-united-states/) He says is that there are approximately, are ready for this, 533 million firearms in private hands in the United States of America in 2025. That’s right over half a billion privately-owned guns in the U.S. So, just taking that number, just letting that sink in for a minute, it shows you the absolute futility of anti-gun rights laws, and the farce of thinking that a gun ban could work. What a joke. They can’t even round up the illegal aliens, which pale in numbers compared to the number of guns.

Evan Nappen  02:15

I mean, these bans, apart from being an absolute violation of our rights and a violation of what is important for maintaining the security of ourselves and our families and our country, it is an incredible figure of such quantity that it is hard to really keep it in mind. I mean, think about it. Our current population is estimated to be like 343 million people. So, we have way more guns. We have almost 200 million more guns in private hands than we have people in the United States. It comes down to 1.55 firearms for every person in the United States. And that figure, by the way, which just warms my heart, is  growing by 15 to 20 million every year. So, even with that many guns, you still don’t have enough guns. Okay? So, if someone ever wants to know, when do you have enough guns? America doesn’t have enough guns. We don’t have enough guns. There are never enough guns. Yeah, guns are just endlessly desired with good reason.

Teddy Nappen  03:49

It actually kind of, you know, every time I hear them say, oh yeah, we could confiscate and, you know, round up all the firearms. They can’t even keep them out of jails.

Evan Nappen  03:57

It’s such a joke. What a joke. Yeah, and, you know, the other thing that’s funny is, with 533 million privately-owned firearms in the United States, one of the things they don’t mention is that I think my wife believes that the vast majority of those guns are owned by me. But anyway, it is really a startling figure. I mean, I used to run with a number that was about 300 million. But that was old, old numbers. I mean, it is way up there. Apparently this was figured out based on data from the manufacturer, importation and exportation of firearms, and this is record, since World War II, talking about researchers that have put all this together. And it’s really, really interesting.

Evan Nappen  05:01

The AmmoLand article, which I highly recommend you read, is called “Update: 533 Million Privately Owned Firearms in the United States”. It also talks about Gary Kleck, in his seminal work, which is “Point Blank Guns and Violence in America”. And, you know, this was one of the main other areas where there was a lot of research done that was very influential by Gary Kleck. And there’s really just, ultimately, the estimate, by the way, at the end of 2023 it was 513 million. So, we’re gaining quite a lot every year. And the estimate, by the way, was calculated by the National Shooting Sports Foundation, a very legitimate organization, and they based it on NICs data, National Instant Check data, reported by the FBI. And by the way, calculating on that, it adds another 16.5 million in 2024. So, 533 million guns in America, that is in private hands. That really is an amazing number, and we have strength in numbers. Those numbers are the embodiment of what the Second Amendment means. The right to keep and bear arms is the foundation to our firearm ownership. And it’s not surprising that we have that number, really, because we are a country founded by guns, a country that was pioneered with guns, a country that expanded with firearms, a country that is very familiar with firearms in every way.

Evan Nappen  07:16

And you know, the mainstream media focuses on the negatives of firearms, but that’s really a very small percentage of the firearms that are privately owned. Think about that. It’s an incredibly small percentage. It’s almost statistically insignificant, if you looked at the number of guns used in crime compared to the number of privately owned firearms in America. But, of course, we don’t want to see anybody do anything wrong with guns. We don’t want to see bad guys committing atrocities with guns. We all agree with that, but it isn’t the gun. As we all know, it’s the person. The firearm is a tool, and that is it. Like anything else that we own or have, it can be used for right or wrong. It can be abused. It’s pretty basic stuff that the gun rights suppressionists always try to cloud over. They always try to obscure whenever we’re dealing with trying to protect and stand up for our rights.

Teddy Nappen  08:31

Yeah. A question. I’m curious. Well, with all the massive amounts of investment in manufacturing that Trump is bringing to back to our country. I’d be curious to see if the number of firearms, if it actually increases dramatically over the year, because you’re saying it’s about 20 million growing every year. It’d be funny to see the number just jump.

Evan Nappen  08:53

I’m hopeful we’ll see an increase in domestic firearm manufacture. That helps keep us strong, especially if we end up needing arms to defend our country and our freedoms. And you know, if we’re dependent on others to supply us with any kind of arms, even our basic rifles, then we’re in trouble. So, let’s make them here. I’ve got no problem with that. And foreign companies that make great products, fine. Build some factories here and make your great products here, too. Just like what’s being done with automobiles and so many other products. We need the manufacturing in America. It is so fundamental to what is the wealth of a nation. All you’ve got to do is read the classic by Adam Smith, “The Wealth of Nations” (published in 1776). And I’ll tell you; the wealth of a nation is its tools of capital production. It’s tools of production. It’s capital goods. If you don’t have the manufacturing capability, then you don’t have a very high standard of living, a quality of life. And you do not have a wealthy country. If you look at countries that have the most resources, they’re not necessarily the wealthiest countries. The countries that are the wealthiest are those with solid manufacturing, with capital investment in manufacturing, goods that are done in their country. And that’s what provides strength, security, and wealth of a nation. And firearms are definitely a part of that.

Evan Nappen  10:27

But it seems that other countries have forgotten that. Other countries don’t protect rights for individuals, not just on guns. Here’s a new one from the folks down under. The Aussies seem to have the same mental illness that the U.K. has when it comes to banning objects that they believe are intrinsically evil. You know, it’s just the object and not the person. So, now proposed in all places, Australia, is a machete ban. Can you imagine this? They want to ban machetes in Australia. Talk about a place where you freaking need machetes. I mean, it’s Australia. But that never stops a right suppressionists, does it? And this is from an article from BearingArms. (https://bearingarms.com/tomknighton/2025/05/27/proposed-australian-machete-ban-proves-some-people-never-learn-n1228713)

Evan Nappen  11:24

Tom Knighton pointed this one out, and it’s very interesting. The Australians are considering this bill for machete control. The Australian state government is banning the sale of machetes. Why? After a violent gang fight in a suburban shopping mall injured a young man. So, one bunch of idiots misuses machetes, and they’ve got to ban them for the whole country. It is law by lowest common denominator. You know, we can’t have laws that constantly take away rights, suppress our freedoms, and remove incredibly useful tools such as machetes, no less guns, because of the wrong doings of a few. Because of idiotic behavior of a few. Yet, Australia is apparently going down that very path by attempting to ban machetes. It says Victoria will be banning machetes from being sold anywhere in the state. It goes on about how they started restricting guns because of violence, and rather than addressing violence itself, what happened? Violent individuals moved on to another weapon, and they’re still not learning from their mistake. And Tom is absolutely right. Guns, like machetes, are tools. So, here we go, a machete ban. I’m sure New Jersey won’t be too far behind. So, if you want a machete, you better get it now. Do you know who’s got great deals on machetes? Actually, Harbor Freight. Harbor Freight sells machetes. They’re very reasonable, and they’re pretty decent for what they are, believe it or not. So, pick up some backup machetes that are unregistered machetes so you can keep in case you ever need them.

Teddy Nappen  13:33

To go off of that, what’s the one weapon you would need? The one thing, put everything aside, a machete. Australia has 21 of the 25 most venomous snakes. A machete is literally the perfect tool in the most dangerous place, and they’re banning it.

Evan Nappen  13:54

Yeah, if you’re gonna chop snakes heads off. But also, if you’re gonna walk through the jungle, if you’re gonna walk through Bush country, if you’re going to walk about, you need what? Machetes are useful on the trail. They’re useful in camping, useful chopping wood, useful for so many things. As a matter of fact, I prefer machete to a hand axe when I’m camping. It’s very useful. And how many times? And, you know, gardening and anything else. So, machetes are a very useful tool, without a doubt, and yet, you know so much for that. Oh, well, too bad this is just focused on the object. That’s it. I think there’s a some culture, some primitive culture. I think they’re called dado or something. I don’t remember the exact name, but what the culture does is they don’t blame the person, they blame the object. So, if someone is killed with a rock, they put the rock on trial. They put the rock on trial. They punish the rock. They don’t punish the person, because it’s a rock that killed the person when it hit them in the head. So, that mentality is what the gun rights suppressionists seem to embrace. They prosecute, go after, try to imprison and get rid of the item, instead of trying to control the wrong doer. It’s actually the rock that is on trial and the rock that’s going to be prosecuted and imprisoned. It’s that twisted mentality that we’re dealing with.

Teddy Nappen  15:35

Hey, don’t give Australia any ideas. They’re going to ban rocks next.

Evan Nappen  15:40

They might. They might. Don’t take it for granite. Ha, ha, ha. Yeah, you never know. There’s no end to the idiocracy that infests these so-called free countries. Boy, you know, it’s gotten so bad with the U.K. and Australia. I wanted to, you know, we thought about traveling there. I don’t even want to go there now. I don’t even want to go to these countries that are so stupid. There’s so little regard for human rights in terms of and they’re so illogical. They’re just full of illogic. And the countries have just, you know, they’ve lost what made them great. Lost it, and it’s just something I really wouldn’t want anything to do with them. I don’t want to even go there.

Evan Nappen  16:29

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Evan Nappen  18:43

Also our good friends at the Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs. They are the gun rights group of New Jersey, the premier group. They’re actually an umbrella organization of gun clubs throughout New Jersey. But you can join as an individual member, and you should. Because they are the folks out there defending our rights. They have a full-time paid lobbyist at Trenton. They’re running litigation in federal courts going after the evil New Jersey rights suppression laws, as we speak. They have a fantastic printed newsletter. They send out email alerts so that you’ll stay on top of it. You’ll know what changes might be coming one way or another. You will know what fights we have to engage in to protect our rights. Please check out anjrpc.org.  anjrpc.org The Association of New Jersey Rifle & Pistol Clubs. Please be a member and be part of the solution, which is anjrpc.org.

Evan Nappen  19:47

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Evan Nappen  20:49

We’re going to be hearing from Teddy with the Press Checks segment, but before we jump into that, I’m going to lay a little groundwork here on a topic that, yet again, we are seeing take place. There’s no end to running to destroy our culture. You know, the left always claims to want to protect culture. Yeah, but not our culture, not those that believe in the Second Amendment lifestyle. Oh, no, no. You see that’s where we have to attack it on every front. There is no stone left unturned in their zest to go after anything and everything that deals with firearms.

Evan Nappen  21:36

And here the New York Attorney General, Letitia James, yes, the infamous Letitia who is currently being investigated, by the way, by President Trump with her ongoing issues. But here we go. We have Letitia fines from Walmart for shipping illegal realistic toy guns to New York. I’m not kidding, folks. Toy guns. That’s right. She’s very proud to announce that Walmart was forced to pay $16,000 in penalties for selling toy guns. (https://ag.ny.gov/press-release/2025/attorney-general-james-fines-walmart-shipping-illegal-realistic-toy-guns-new) Realistic looking toy guns that, according to Letitia, can put communities in serious danger, and that’s why they’re banned in New York. New York’s never found anything that looks or crawls like a gun that they want to make legal. They’re just like New Jersey when it comes to that. So, they have a ban on realistic looking toy guns. And folks, when you go to that press release and you look at one of the “realistic toy guns”, what do you see? You see some plastic, obviously fake, sub gun that’s a joke with a bright orange tip that is plainly a toy. If you don’t recognize that that’s a toy, you must be a Democrat. I don’t know, because it’s pretty clear. Furthermore that looks to be completely in compliance with the federal law.

Evan Nappen  23:28

Let me tell you what’s interesting about the federal law. Title 15 U.S. Code 5001 dealing with imitation firearms. That law establishes the requirements for toy firearms to have that orange tip, to have certain features. It looks to me like the “realistic toy gun” was in complete compliance with federal law. And you know that federal law actually is preemptive, preemptive, meaning state law cannot supersede it in some specific instances. So, if you’re dealing with items that are preemptive, Walmart may have had an argument to be made that New York’s law is unconstitutional as preemptive. But I’ll tell you what, flat out, is preemptive, and what Walmart can absolutely sell by way of the preemption that is crystal clear in this 5001 part of the federal law, which is preemption. Listen to what it says, folks. Provisions of this section, which deals with air guns, replica firearms, and toy firearms. Deals with all that says, it shall supersede any provision of state or local laws or ordinances which provide for markings or identification inconsistent with provisions of this section provide. That no state shall, number one, prohibit the sale or manufacture of any look alike, non-firing collector replica of an antique firearm developed prior to 1898.

Evan Nappen  25:12

So, Walmart can sell all of the toy cowboy guns. The 1873 single action armies are pre-1898 “antiques, right? Any of those guns can be sold, and New York cannot stop them from selling those. It is pre- emptive. I don’t know if any of the guns they claimed Walmart was selling fall under the specific prohibition for that. They cannot prohibit the sale of any of those guns. So, your classic cowboy and indian toys, right? We all did as kids, but now it’s politically incorrect to do. It cannot be banned by state or local law. But I’ll tell you something even more that cannot be banned, because that’s part two. The other thing that states cannot prohibit, they cannot prohibit the sale of traditional BB, paintball or pellet firing air guns that expel a projectile through the force of air pressure. That’s right. Did you know that the sale of BB guns and pellet guns are preemptive and states and localities cannot prohibit them? I actually have a case directly on this from my firm, way back. It was Coalition v. Florio, and we utilized that provision of preemption right there to remove air guns from New Jersey’s assault firearm ban. That’s right. We won an injunction in federal court over air gun preemption of that very section that I just read you. So, it does have power. Federal preemption has power. Keep that in mind. Teddy, tell us about your Press Checks.

Teddy Nappen  27:22

Well, as we know, Press Checks are always free. So, kind of going with that whole attack on toy guns, I wanted to. It kind of reminded me of, if you recall, it was Daniel Defense, where they were trying to go after them. Making the argument that the company was marketing to children. This comes from the Texas Tribune. It was about a year ago, where the family members of the victims of a shooting. They brought this lawsuit against Facebook, Instagram, the makers of Call of Duty, and Daniel Defense, arguing that they were marketing to underage individuals, and then, because he turned 18, and then bought the rifle. So, it got me kind of thinking. Where did that go? The old days where the idea like marksmanship was part of youth, part of growing up, growing up as a boy, like learning. What happened to that passion of marksmanship? They’re saying, like, what they shouldn’t be doing that. Well, that’s in our history. As I pulled from, I wanted to look up, like old style, like, what was the idea of youth rifleman ship? It turns out, in the American Riflemen, there was a Winchester Youth Rifle Corps. A Corps that goes back to, the founding of it in 1914, I misspoke 1918. (https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/origins-of-the-winchester-junior-rifle-corps/)

Evan Nappen  29:05

So, World War One, right after.

Teddy Nappen  29:07

Yeah, right. Yeah, where was.

Evan Nappen  29:10

That would make sense. They want our soldiers to know how to shoot. And they look at the youth and say, we want youth to have marksmanship skills. It was important.

Teddy Nappen  29:20

And it traced back to these two books that inspired the founding of the Winchester Youth Rifle Corps. It was “The Citizen Rifleman” by E.J.D. Newitt and “Why Should Boys Be Taught To Shoot?” by General George Wingate, one of NRAs founders and presidents.

Evan Nappen  29:46

Teaching boys to shoot. Imagine such a concept. Wow. Well, he saw it as a military man and how important it was. That’s actually one of the reasons for what later became the DCM, Division of Civilian Marksmanship, and now is the CMP, Civilian Marksmanship Program. The idea is to have our citizenship able to shoot. It was recognized in the civil war that a lot of our men couldn’t shoot. You know, we’re a nation of riflemen, and we need to maintain that. And it starts with our youth.

Teddy Nappen  30:23

It was actually interesting where Wingate pushed for this because of his experiences from the Spanish American War. He was noticing all his people that it took them so long to train them to shoot. So, he  laid the groundwork early on. Then you have the Winchester Junior Rifle Corp. It was formed later, later in that finally formed, it pushed the idea of a youth rifle, a .22. And the one they were marketing was the Winchester Model 1902 .22. Funny enough, one of their first members was a woman, Ruth L. Russell of New Haven, Connecticut.

Evan Nappen  31:11

But wait a minute, his book was teaching boys to shoot. How dare a woman join that?

Teddy Nappen  31:16

I know, right? I guess he assumed her gender. On top of which, the Youth Corps was also colorblind. They allowed black Americans from Florida and New York City to attend it. Native Americans as well. So, very clearly, this was about uniting us as a nation of American marksman.

Evan Nappen  31:42

That’s right. The Second Amendment is for everybody, man. The Second Amendment is for everybody, and a nation that shoots is a safe nation. We want to make sure our people can shoot, and beginning young is important. That’s where toy guns can play an important role in learning gun safety and in familiarity with firearms. The right suppressionists know this. That’s why they want to stop youth from being exposed to even toy guns. They don’t want the acclamation taking place. They’re trying to go at it in every angle to destroy our rights. And how come it’s Democrats that always seem to be against us? It’s so few that ever stand up for the Second Amendment. I mean, basically, it’s virtually non-existent. I mean, if there’s a Democrat out there that will stand up and be pro-gun, be outspoken about being pro- gun, please show me them. Okay? Please show me them. I mean, I guess they’re out there, but, you know, good luck on that.

Evan Nappen  32:59

So, it really comes down to it’s critical that if you care about your rights, make sure you support those that want to support you. And it’s just a fact, and it’s a shame. Both parties should vigorously support our Second Amendment rights, but that isn’t the case, is it? And no less, trying to take down youth and stop youth from shooting. I mean, Teddy, didn’t you have great shooting? Teddy, you’re an Eagle Scout. Didn’t you do shooting in the Boy Scouts? Wasn’t that one of the things you did?

Teddy Nappen  33:37

That was one of my earliest merit badges. When I went to Hidden Valley, the instructor thought it was hilarious that I earned my shotgun merit badge in a day. Just like,

Evan Nappen  33:49

Well, you had a little bit of experience, and you knew. You knew what to do. Yeah, but that’s good. It’s good. And they have a great setup there for hitting. They had black powder. They had shotgun, and they had rifle. I think now they even have handgun, which is great. I give them credit for that. At least they have kept the tradition alive with scouting.

Teddy Nappen  34:12

That was the other point I noticed. So, it was from this article that was written up. It was called Boy Scouts, The National Rifle Association and Domestication of Rifle Shooting” by Jay Mechling. Bear in mind, the guy who wrote the article was very much a rights suppressor. He’s going off this belief that, you know, the mythology of how masculinity equals hunting. That was one. That’s the level of stupidity, but I will give him credit. He did cite some good examples of youth shooting. And guess where it was? In the Boy Scouts. The very first edition of the Boy Scout Handbook in 1911 included marksmanship as one of the first merit badges to earn. Imagine that? Actually wanting to teach young boys. And particularly for Boy Scouts, they were very much in the city or urban areas. They weren’t typical shooters. So, now they were building that influence. And he tries to draw this whole argument.

Speaker 1  34:33

There used to be high school rifle teams all over the place. As a matter of fact, my mom, your grandmom, Teddy, was on the rifle team in high school. She would bicycle to high school with her rifle over her shoulder, and they didn’t even have them in a case. She would bicycle to school. This was, you know, in the 50s. Bicycle to school and bring her gun. Put it in the locker and participate on the rifle team. And it was no problem. There weren’t massive school shootings in those days, even though there were guns in the lockers and rifle teams in school. I don’t think it was the guns that was the problem, was it?

Teddy Nappen  36:14

And it was actually pretty funny. In the article, he was trying to say the Boy Scouts of America and the NRA were in collaboration in normalizing rifle use and safety with young men. How dare they? Yeah, we should have more normalization of that.

Evan Nappen  36:32

Exactly.

Teddy Nappen  36:33

Rifle use and safety. What’s wrong with that?

Evan Nappen  36:36

Yeah, these people. And, you know, this is why we are talking about it. We’re trying to get folks to understand it, and we have to keep on getting the message out. It’s critical. Because the anties are relentless. The anti-rights suppressionists are relentless. The other thing you have to, of course, always worry about is their efforts have made it so that you can have problems, and we don’t want to see you become a GOFU. GOFUs are Gun Owner Fuck Ups in which gun owners make mistakes, and it can be big problems for them, expensive. We like to talk about those mistakes so that you don’t make them. You get to learn them for free.

Evan Nappen  37:33

So, this week’s GOFU concerns, make sure that you have your CCARE certificate. They’re good for two years, but only two years. Make sure that you have current CCARE and that you have the qualifying one. Because if you submit your old one and it’s out of date, you’re going to be denied. We’re seeing that come up for whatever reason. People are not realizing that you have a two year limit on the usefulness of your CCARE. And when it comes to any of these licensing requirements, take note of when your licenses expire. Make sure that your certificates for qualification are updated and current. This way you can continue to be lawful and licensed, particularly in The Democratic People’s Republic of New Jersey.

Evan Nappen  38:41

This is Evan Nappen and Teddy Nappen reminding you that gun laws don’t protect honest citizens from criminals. They protect criminal from honest citizens.

Speaker 2  38:53

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