Estimates are around 8-12 billion rounds used in the U.S. annually. With 115,000-120,000 people being shot annually, that means the highest estimates of bullets being used on other people is around .0012%.
So I would have to conclude that people highly underestimate the amount guns are used recreationally in the U.S. The “few exceptions” are the 99+% usage.
I excluded ammunition for the military hoping it wouldn’t distort those numbers.
LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Note those afraid to comment, that means on average every American shoots 2000+ rounds before death. We know not everyone does. It means when you meet 3 people and 2 say they have never fired a round… Likely it means 1 has never, 1 fired 1-20 shots, and the last fired 100. Yet now of those 3 were the man who fired 10,000 shots that year who distorted the figures