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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 frojack on Tuesday September 20 2016, @06:38PM

    by frojack (1554) on Tuesday September 20 2016, @06:38PM (#404399) Journal

    And of course, everyone answered truthfully.

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  • (Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:38AM

    by art guerrilla (3082) on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:38AM (#404590)

    true, *but* it would seem almost certain that the lying would go one way: it is EASILY understandable why you *might* lie that you only had X guns, when you had 5X guns (or zero guns when you had at least one)...
    it would seem that if you don't have a gun, WHY would you want to lie and say you do for an anonymous survey ? ? ? *who* are you 'scaring' by that anonymous factoid, or *who* are you 'impressing', or why would you lie for some weird reason of wanting to overstate gun ownership ? ? ?
    can't think of many reasonable reasons to lie that way, but can think of quite a few why you would undercount your guns...

    feebs/enn ess ehh/etc: i have two, one handed down from granddad (one of a billion mossberg 410 shotguns), and a 22 nylon-stock varmint rifle from a pawn shop ($99), to defend the garden...

    um, i *really* would like a rocket launcher, though, then some...