Over 10% of US Firearms Owners Have History of Mental Instability

More than ten percent of US residents that possess guns have a record of anger issues or impulsive behavior, a report published Wednesday in the journal Behavioral Sciences and the Law said.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Some nine percent of those with mental problems keep weapons at home, while one and a half percent of them carry firearms outside, the study showed.

Just a small percentage of the unstable gun owners have been involuntary hospitalized, according to the research. US authorities are not able to use current legal restrictions against the majority, who have never been admitted to a mental institution by force.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention said last year that 11,622 people were killed and 59,077 were wounded in intentional acts of gun violence in 2012 alone.

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At least 300 million people in the United States owned private firearms in 2013, the National Rifle Association reported.