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Three Percent own Half of America’s Guns

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

aristarchus writes:

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.

Washington Post

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: 2) by TheRaven on Wednesday September 21 2016, @10:12AM

    by TheRaven (270) on Wednesday September 21 2016, @10:12AM (#404730) Journal
    Right, because having police killed by black suspects definitely won't make the police more likely to shoot first and ask questions later when next confronted with a black suspect.
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  • (Score: 2) by davester666 on Wednesday September 21 2016, @06:26PM

    by davester666 (155) on Wednesday September 21 2016, @06:26PM (#404874)

    Stop fighting it baby. Just lie back and enjoy it.