The estimated total number of guns (both licit and illicit) held by civilians in Honduras is 500,000
The population of Honduras is slightly less than 8 million.
That means there is a one gun for every sixteen people.
In 2008, Honduras held the second highest rate of homicides per 100,000 inhabitants with 78.6 percent of these committed by firearm. As of 2012, Honduras holds the highest homicide rate in the world and San Pedro Sula holds the country's highest homicide rate with 137.5 murders per 100,000 inhabitants.
It is estimated the current child immigrant crisis at the USA southern border contains at least 19,000 Honduran children.
One of the reasons there is such high crime numbers in these countries is because the police are intimidated by the 'guns on the street.' There is little law enforcement in areas of the country. Most of the law enforcement occurs in areas where tourism brings in revenues.
This 'permissive gun environment' is exactly the reason so many people in the USA oppose loose gun laws. Central and South America is real world proof that the more guns there are in a country the higher the crime and homicide rate. There is no valid reason for any country to have citizens armed for their own protection.
Don't give me testimonials as to the people that saved their own lives because of carrying a gun. Don't try to begin to state that guns actually reduce crime. Those gun-crime statistics exist BECAUSE there were guns in circulation in the first place and there is no other reasonable way to reduce those once very high statistics. The statement fewer guns = fewer deaths is absolutely correct. In the USA with the number of 'guns on the street' the statistics speak for themselves with tens of thousands of dead Americans annually due to gun violence.
The more guns there are the more gun deaths exists and guns are very effective killers whereby other weapons diminish the capacity for violent deaths. Bullets work and they work extremely effectively which is why the USA military issues guns to soldiers.
The estimated rate of private gun ownership (both licit and illicit) in Honduras is 6.2 firearms per 100 people.
In a comparison of the number of privately owned guns in 178 countries, Honduras ranked at No. 81
In a comparison of the rate of private gun ownership in 178 countries, Honduras ranked at No. 88
The number of registered guns in Honduras is reported to be
2012: 280,305
2006: 151,003
The rate of registered guns per 100 people in Honduras is
2012: 3.38
2006: 2.05
Unlawfully held guns cannot be counted, but in Honduras there are estimated to be between 420,000 and 850,000
