State-to-Country Firepower Comparison

[Gimli2]

I have no idea how accurate these numbers are, but it's still an interesting read.


http://www.wideopenspaces.com/gun-i...OK&utm_medium=CPC&utm_term=SH&utm_campaign=SH

 

[the_great_white]

so we here in Georgia can go it alone head to head with Turkey, am i understanding this right?

 

[the_great_white]

i've got to say i'm a little disappointed.....i thought for sure we had 3X that many guns

 

[Gimli2]

If the chart below the map in the article is right, Georgia has 9.6 million residents and 8.6 million guns. That's still a pretty hefty number!

 

[Grants1034]

Wow! So about 80-90% of the U.S. population owns a gun? Just guessing based on population and gun owner numbers.

 

[shootin4fun]

Subscribed for reading later. Sounds interesting.

 

[freedom]

The figures are faulty. They take the total number of guns and people in the country and get a ratio, then they assign that number(slightly less than one) to everyone. Massachusetts has the same number of guns per capita as Georgia, Texas, etc, according to the article. They have taken the national numbers and applied them equally to everyone.

 

[Tony2X]

In 2010 the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated that the Turkish Army had an established strength of approximately 402,000 active personnel, consisting of 77,000 professionals and 325,000 conscripts.[10] A more recent estimate (2012) put the figure at 391,000.[11] However as of October 2014 the Turkish Land Forces has a strength of 315,000 personnel according to TLF's declaration.[5][6]

 

[Cadcom]

In 2010 the International Institute for Strategic Studies estimated that the Turkish Army had an established strength of approximately 402,000 active personnel, consisting of 77,000 professionals and 325,000 conscripts.[10] A more recent estimate (2012) put the figure at 391,000.[11] However as of October 2014 the Turkish Land Forces has a strength of 315,000 personnel according to TLF's declaration.[5][6]

We have that many truck guns in Athens tailgating at the home games!

 

[Hayata]

That's it then.

I'm off to the classifieds to buy another gun. But wait, if I buy one used from another person the numbers in the chart won't change.

Ok, I'm off to the store to buy a new gun.