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The survey's findings support other research showing that as overall rates of gun ownership has declined, the number of firearms in circulation has skyrocketed. The implication is that there are more guns in fewer hands than ever before. The top 3 percent of American adults own, on average, 17 guns apiece, according to the survey's estimates.
Interesting. Lawyers, guns, and money! Which of these has the smallest percentage and largest absolute amount? Of course, the other major shift the survey reveals is in the rationale for owning firearms: currently, a majority of owners cite personal protection as their motivation, prior to the 1990's the majority owned guns for sport.
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Remember Darwin; building a better mousetrap merely results in smarter mice.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @02:41PM
have their way, the government will cut off sales of *all* guns!
Time to stock up!
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @02:51PM
(Score: 4, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @03:10PM
Also known as the NRA.
(Score: 2) by DeathMonkey on Tuesday September 20 2016, @05:33PM
Agree/Disagree, this is definitely not Spam.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 21 2016, @04:40PM
Sorry, that was a mistake. I hit the down arrow to scroll down the page, not realizing it was scrolling down the list of moderation options.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday September 23 2016, @01:07AM
Taken care of. Would have been sooner but I was busy being on airplanes.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @04:42PM
Are you sure it's not brought to us by the National Hallucinogens Dealers' Association?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @02:56PM
No problem. Now we know where to get them.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @03:03PM
Stock up and do what with them?
(Score: 5, Touché) by LoRdTAW on Tuesday September 20 2016, @03:45PM
Democrats have the best gun marketing campaign.
(Score: 4, Funny) by deadstick on Tuesday September 20 2016, @04:59PM
My son took a CCW permit course during the 2008 Presidential campaign. The instructor told them "You have from now until November to buy all the guns you'll need for the rest of your life"...
(Score: 2) by tibman on Tuesday September 20 2016, @06:43PM
It does seem to be a "cry wolf" thing now.
SN won't survive on lurkers alone. Write comments.
(Score: 1) by tftp on Wednesday September 21 2016, @04:21AM
It does seem to be a "cry wolf" thing now.
No [guns.com].
(Score: 2) by Fnord666 on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:08AM
My son took a CCW permit course during the 2008 Presidential campaign. The instructor told them "You have from now until November to buy all the guns you'll need for the rest of your life"...
But it was a great time to be selling!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 22 2016, @12:28AM
Not really. Everyone was sold out of everything, from the manufacturer to wholesale, to retail level.
A lot of businesses who had the integrity to not price gouge couldn't cope with the general unavailability of things to sell.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 22 2016, @04:02AM
So why is it that the CCW instructors are all right-wing nut-job ammosexual pervs? Do we see a pattern here? III%! Yeah, for stupid!!!!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 20 2016, @11:43PM
California requires full id on record to buy ammunition now. It takes at least 2 weeks to qualify, and without ammunition all those shiny guns might as well be clubs for all the effect they will have.
If you are serious about protecting yourself and your family anymore, especially from the government, alternative weapons will be needed, because otherwise you can expect the government to hit the largest ammo purchasers first when they decide they want to crack down on things for the hypothetical future regime consolidation.
(Score: 2) by davester666 on Wednesday September 21 2016, @06:39AM
Please describe the circumstances where firing a gun at a LEO results in your family being "protected". The LEO may be doing something completely, plainly illegal, but every other LEO that is present and the ones on the way are all more than happy to every bullet they have access to at you and your family.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 21 2016, @09:41AM
(Score: 2) by TheRaven on Wednesday September 21 2016, @10:12AM
sudo mod me up
(Score: 2) by davester666 on Wednesday September 21 2016, @06:26PM
Stop fighting it baby. Just lie back and enjoy it.