WAS STEPHEN PADDOCK NORMAL? MANY GUN OWNERS KEEP 17 FIREARMS ON AVERAGE
Stephen Paddock was, indeed, a gun nut.
As the owner of
42 firearms, the Las Vegas madman was at the very far fringe of even the fringe of gun ownership in the country.
Most gun owners possess an average of three firearms, according to
a comprehensive national survey co-led by Northeastern University and Harvard and released in September 2016. Meanwhile, 130 million gunsāhalf the country's firearmsāare owned by just 3 percent of Americans, or
7.7 million people. These "super-owners" own 17 guns, on average.
Was Stephen Paddock normal? Many gun owners keep 17 firearms on average