https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n05/geoff-mann/give-your-mom-a-gun Created Fri, 23/02/2024 - 00:00 Updated Fri, 23/02/2024 - 00:00 There are seventy million more privately held guns in the US – around four hundred million of them – than there are people. AR-15s comprise about 5 per cent of the total, but it is currently the best-selling rifle in the country.