High‑capacity magazines are widespread

A nationally representative 2026 firearms survey finds that roughly half of gun owners (about 44.5 million adults) report owning magazines that hold more than 10 rounds — an estimated total of ~539 million such magazines. The same survey reports ~88 million gun owners and ~461 million firearms overall, plus widespread ownership of AR‑style rifles. — If high‑capacity magazines and semi‑automatic rifles are that common, policy proposals aimed at limiting or regulating them have a much larger practical and political stake than previously assumed.