1917
around the 17 hundreds :) It depends on what guns you are referring to. Guns were first invented in the 1300s.
For SOME guns, yes. There are not records for all guns.
10 million + worldwide
Millions upon millions every year
No sn data published.
the last guns made in America according to my data was 1975-1976.
No published sn data.
Sears never made guns. They contracted other gun manufactures to make guns for them under the Sears name. They started selling guns around 1892 and stopped in1988
World wide, no accurate data available. In the US, most current records are for 2009. In that year, 5,403,714 firearms were made by licensed manufacturers. A small but unknown number of guns were made by private citizens for their own use (perfectly legal, by the way)
Long guns and hand guns.
they get over 10 guns a year.
guns were made for self defense and hunting