About This Question The United States has more privately owned firearms than any other country. The Small Arms Survey estimated in 2018 that there were about 857 million civilian-held firearms worldwide, and that Americans held about 393 million of them, roughly 46% of the global total, or about 120.5 guns for every 100 residents. No … Read more
International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights 2010 Alan Gottlieb – 2010 founded the International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights– https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Gottlieb Julianne Versnel 2010 – Co-founded International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights (IAPCAR) About the International Association for the Protection of Civilian Arms Rights The International … Read more
International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA) International association for the fullbore target rifle shooting sports of Palma and F-Class 1999 Palma and Individual Long Range World Championship representatives of 14 countries met and a formed a steering committee to form the foundation of an international organization to become the successor of the Palma Council July 2003 – … Read more
founded in 1996 International Defensive Pistol Association (IDPA) IDPA is the use of practical equipment including full charge service ammunition to solve simulated “real world” self-defense scenarios using practical handguns and holsters that are suitable for self-defense use. The main goal is to test the skill and ability of an individual http://www.idpa.com/about/introduction International Defensive Pistol Association is the … Read more
NRA’s International Competitions Committee (ICC) – Founded in 1978 – pursue and govern the interests of Olympic-style shooters – has oversight of all Olympic shooting events worldwide National Governing Body for many non-Olympic types of shooting in the USA including NRA Conventional (3-gun) Pistol, NRA Smallbore Rifle, NRA High Power Rifle, NRA Action Pistol, NRA Silhouette … Read more
1976 United States regulatory regime to restrict and control the export of defense and military related technologies to safeguard U.S. national security and further U.S. foreign policy objectives Defense-related articles and services on the United States Munitions List (USML) are covered by the regulations About the International Traffic in Arms Regulations The International Traffic in Arms Regulations, or … Read more
Suojeluskuntain Ase- ja Konepaja Osakeyhtiö (Firearms and Machine workshop of the Civil Guard) Established in 1921 to build and service firearms for the Civil Guard in Finland 1921 Separate company established in Helsinki 1929 Manufacturing of ammunition begins 1932 Manufacturing of rifle barrels begins 1938 Manufacturing of rifle stocks begins 1939-1944 275 mil. machine gun … Read more
International Shooting Sport Federation is the governing body of the Olympic Shooting events in rifle, pistol and shotgun disciplines, and of several non-Olympic Shooting sport events Founded: 1907 International Shooting Sport Federation is the international federation controlling Olympic-type shooting in the world. The ISSF was known as the International Shooting Union (UIT) from 1907 until 1998. They … Read more