http://keanradio.com Mon, 20 May 2013 13:33:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://keanradio.com/new-gun-statistics-from-the-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-and-firearms-reveal-an-increase-in-firearm-ownership/ http://keanradio.com/new-gun-statistics-from-the-bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-and-firearms-reveal-an-increase-in-firearm-ownership/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:30:44 +0000 Rudy Fernandez http://keanradio.com/?p=98996 The Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms (BATF) has released the number of dealers in the U.S.  There are now just over 129,800 BATF licensed dealers, according to the latest Bureau statistics as of August 1st, 2012, that's an increase of 3,200 more gun dealers in America. Of those, 51,438 are retail gun and/or sporting goods stores, just over 7,350 are pawn shops and 61,560 are individual dealers, curators and/or collectors with the remaining licenses issued to manufacturers and importers. The number of gun owners has increased too.

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