Nick Hall

The US is the only country on Earth with more civilian guns than people: about 120 per 100 residents, versus 52.8 for #2 Yemen and 4.6 for England.

American civilians held about 393 million guns in 2017, roughly three times the 133 million held by every military on Earth combined. The math behind the wildest US gun stat.

A flintlock you can buy new, a revolver from 1873 still on the price list, and the record that died in 2020. The oldest gun still made, with the fine print.

The only real photo of Billy the Kid, Churchill with a Tommy gun, Patton’s ivory revolvers. Famous gun photos and the surprising stories behind them.

A plastic gun that never existed, a cop-killer bullet that protected gun barrels, a camping gun saved by three inches. Guns banned for the weirdest reasons.

From a 13-pound revolver to a 1,350-ton railway gun that fired seven-ton shells, these are the biggest guns ever built, ranked from handheld to monstrous.

The Tommy Gun, the St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, and Bonnie and Clyde’s stolen rifles. The real history of Prohibition gangster guns, myths sorted from facts.

From a $1.84 million Colt Walker to a Winchester with only eight ever made, these are the rarest production guns in the world and why collectors chase them.

From Washington’s Lafayette pistols to Teddy Roosevelt’s safari rifles and a million-dollar revolver, here are the documented guns of the U.S. presidents.