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That is a very difficult question to answer for a couple of reason. Only a few states require handgun registration, and there is no federal gun registration. In the few states that do require handgun registration, the information is not generally available to the public.

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Due to the very fact they are unregistered, there is no way to know for sure how many unregistered firearms there are in America. Estimates vary widely, ranging from between 10 million to 350 million and above.

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