Gun companies lock up billions in sales, boosted by calls for tougher laws

With more than 300 million firearms owned by U.S. civilians and at least 100 million guns produced by U.S. manufacturers in the last 25 years, the U.S. has the highest rate of gun ownership in the world. With such a large market, the U.S. gun business is extraordinarily lucrative, generating around $8 billion in annual new small arms sales.
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