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You cannot determine gun ownership rates from gun sales anymore than you can determine car ownership rates from car sales or ownership rates of anything based on sales of the same. It could simply be because fewer people are buying more cars and guns, buying or replacing them more frequently, or a whole host of other reasons.
Sigh....
Believe what you want.
How is this. You only need one CPL, and each one of those needs a firearm....
Americans own an estimated 265m guns, more than one gun for every American adult, according to the most definitive portrait of US gun ownership in two decades. But the new survey estimates that 133m of these guns are concentrated in the hands of just 3% of American adults – a group of super-owners who have amassed an average of 17 guns each.
The unpublished Harvard/Northeastern survey result summary, obtained exclusively by the Guardian and the Trace, estimates that America’s gun stock has increased by 70m guns since 1994. At the same time, the percentage of Americans who own guns decreased slightly from 25% to 22%.
I'm 72, have traveled all over the country, and never felt the need to be packing heat. I have guns at home, but they have dust on them.
I think it is false security in a lot of cases to be carrying a gun. There have been countless experiments, where people were put to the test, and the average citizen freezes and never gets to use that weapon. Sure, there are exceptions, but I think a lot of these gun toters are fooling themselves. I'm a pretty good shot, but I bet I would have trouble reacting in a really tough situation.
I think you may be right, I see many folks who have their conceal carry license, but instead of concealing it, they like to prominently display the holster on their hip, Ive seen few of them wear their shirts in specific ways, so the gun and holster can be clearly seen, it seems they really like other people to see them carrying a gun, but I would bet 9 times out of 10 if they suddenly found themselves in a deadly situation, most of them would be too frozen to pull it out.
Now, what was that you said about gun ownership and murder rates?
Well when the Government puts more burden and costs on the casual shooter and the cost of supplies associated with firearms goes up not to mention that places to go shooting and hunting are drying up due to urban and suburban sprawl plus you add in the negative stereotypes that are spun about gun owners then I'm not surprised that there has been a decline in legal gun ownership.
The shooting sports are still alive and well in some parts of the country but the growing Liberal hot spots such as DC, NYC, California, MA. Chicago and others are making enough noise that they are swaying people away from the very freedom of owning guns and instead is making people think that they are in better hands with the Government looking out for them.
The freedom to Own Guns is as American as Baseball and Apple Pie but with the current state of the Democrat party would we really want to see groups they support like BLM or Antifa armed?
Some people can't be allowed to own guns.
The liberal/progressive narrative has to be that fewer Americans are owning guns. It is an attempt to show it is less popular, and therefore our right to keep and bear arms is less important, and less popular. Do a google search, and you will see the same narrative, from all the mainstream media outlets.
Why do rural and suburban white gun owners think if they don't have their gun on them, they're going to be attacked?
Yet another thread that starts, "Why is it true that....", followed by some silly fib about white people or conservatives or whatever target the sick liberals chose to attack today?
You people must have been losing a LOT of debates recently. Stooping to this kind of useless propaganda, so frequently, is low even for you.
But I guess it's all you have left.
Last edited by Roboteer; 10-04-2017 at 11:23 AM..
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