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posted by martyb on Tuesday September 20 2016, @02:39PM   Printer-friendly
from the taking-aim-at-statistics dept.

From The Washington Post:

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.

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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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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Username on Tuesday September 20 2016, @04:23PM

    by Username (4557) on Tuesday September 20 2016, @04:23PM (#404302)

    I can see only two types of people responding to such a survey. People who hate and do not own guns, and those who love them. Both are very vocal. Probably get better results in a non-election year.

    Plus, when is the last time you threw a gun into the trash? They don’t just disappear. There are 100 year old guns people still hunt with. I have a feeling their total of 330,480,000 guns is low.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by frojack on Tuesday September 20 2016, @06:43PM

    by frojack (1554) on Tuesday September 20 2016, @06:43PM (#404404) Journal

    I can see only two types of people responding to such a survey.

    You got it half right.

    People who hate guns, and people who troll surveys.

    Few gun owners are going to tell you how many guns they have. Even avid collectors are very circumspect, showing their collection only to a carefully chosen few.

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