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Those who have and those who have not. We demand, social justice, more guns for the people.jason812 wrote:If we get free government money for not having 8 firearms, I don't have any so the government needs to give me 8 so I can be relieved from the anguish of being in the minority class of gun owners. Just pay no attention to any of my posts, if I referenced having a firearm, it was all a lie so I could try to fit in with the cool kids.
I want a green painted Abrams M1A3.Abraham wrote:...as long as the guns are green, sustainable, seek social justice, and aren't racist, why, they must be good.
Beiruty wrote:Those who have and those who have not. We demand, social justice, more guns for the people.jason812 wrote:If we get free government money for not having 8 firearms, I don't have any so the government needs to give me 8 so I can be relieved from the anguish of being in the minority class of gun owners. Just pay no attention to any of my posts, if I referenced having a firearm, it was all a lie so I could try to fit in with the cool kids.
http://www.alloutdoor.com/2016/09/20/ha ... NewsletterFirst, the original headline of this big Guardian piece on the study advertised ‘more guns in fewer hands’ as the result of the study. I reached out to the author on Twitter about it because this statement is factually incorrect, and they’ve corrected it. Here’s what’s going on.
The study shows a decline in gun ownership from 25% to 22% since 1994, so the rate of gun ownership has indeed gone down slightly. But “fewer hands”? Not when you factor in population growth. The US population has gone from 263 million in ’94 to a present of about 313 million, which means that the absolute number of gun owners has risen by a few million. So no, there are not “more guns in fewer hands,” but “more guns in more hands.”
joe817 wrote:Though most of the country’s 55 million gun owners possess one to three guns, about 7.7 million owners have eight or more."
Yes.snorri wrote:joe817 wrote:Though most of the country’s 55 million gun owners possess one to three guns, about 7.7 million owners have eight or more."
I did some mental math and I own eight revolvers but I only have five 1911s. Do I need to get more?
Yeah. A 'pollster' asks me a question, I know there's likely an agenda behind the survey. And no way I'd tell some stranger whether or not I own a firearm. Or even if I'm interested in owning one. I heard one time that the response to telephone surveys is typically less than 10%. And the pollsters know how to word and target questions. Listening to a pollster being interviewed once, he said he could get whatever answer the poll sponsor wanted just by picking the time of day the calls are made.Jusme wrote:I think it all goes back to the validity of the study. Most gun owners, are very aware f the left's position, on gun bans, registries, background checks, and outright confiscation. So I would bet that only 3% of gun owners actually answered the question(s) truthfully. I would not tell anyone my ownership status, so if they want to believe that there are only 9.4 million people in America, with guns, so be it.
During World War II, the Japanese would not invade mainland US, because they feared " a rifle behind every blade of grass" I guess left wing Harvard folks aren't so smart.
Also, the big box stores and SOME FFLs will still run a NICS check whether you have a CHL/LTC/whatever.C-dub wrote:Not all states exempt their licensees from a background check when purchasing a firearm. I don't know which ones, but am fairly sure that Kansas is one of them. Several years ago when I purchased a rifle there I didn't expect to be able to skip the background check, but seem to remember them telling me that even those that had Kansas licenses didn't get to either.
then you should probably clean them a little more often.............superchief wrote:guns are icky
