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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.
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 Kromagv0 on Wednesday September 21 2016, @12:28PM
Sounds like you have described me except I didn't get any hand me downs from my dad as he never hunted. Started with an SKS as a starter deer rifle (very comparable in power to a .30-30 so an effective deer rifle) that I bought from a buddy who is a cop. Then a couple of years later bought a shotgun new at the year end sale at Dick's for $225 and it came with a bird barrel, 4 chokes, a slug barrel, and a 4x scope so it was a good deal. A few years later I wanted a rifle with more accuracy and a bit more punch and happened upon a really good shooting Finnish M39. Go forward a few more years and the large predators in the woods where I own property and hunt have started to take over so I decided to get a magnum class revolver capable of putting down a bear. So over the course of 14 years I went from 0 guns to 4 all with a purpose and I won't get rid of that SKS as it is just fun and cheap to shoot. The next gun I purchase will likely be for one of my kids when they are old enough and if they want to go bird hunting as the SKS still works just fine as a starter deer rifle.
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