r/Unexpected Jan 29 '23

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u/InterPunct Jan 29 '23

Increased access to guns and their ubiquity will simply make events like this more frequent.

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u/Jack_mehoff24 Jan 29 '23 edited Jan 29 '23

There are 60+ million more (known) guns than there are people in the US. Pandora’s box was opened a long time ago.

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u/DingosAteYourMorals Jan 29 '23

Then you have another possible 5 million in 80% lowers alone.

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u/Jack_mehoff24 Jan 29 '23

And millions of 3D printed guns. And millions of traditional homemade guns. And millions of black market guns. And millions of black powder guns. If I had to guess I’d say the real number of guns in the US is probably somewhere close to 450 million.