Question about gun ownership stats

[AkSaber]

Note how it says "gun in your household."   There are more households than there used to be, not only due to population increase but also with a greater percentage of the population living alone.  So that contributes to these statistics as well.

The Washington Post is reporting that according to Wonkblog, the average number of firearms in a “typical gun-owning household” has increased to 8.1 firearms. This is a nearly two-fold increase from data in 1994 which reported the typical household had 4.2 guns.