Polls Reflect Acceptance of Second Amendment and Gun Ownership

AmmoLand ^ | November 27, 2023 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

Recent polls have shown a significant increase in the percentage of gun owners, the amount of gun ownership, and acceptance of the utility of firearms for self-defense. Some of the increase comes from record and sustained high levels of firearms sales. Some of the higher numbers are from gun owners who are “coming out of the closet.”  They are examples of a changed attitude and increased acceptance of admitting to firearms ownership in public.

In the United States, gun ownership is the most widespread of any country on the earth.

Guns owned in the United States are seldom registered. The few states with laws requiring registration have large populations of resistors who refuse to comply with new registration requirements. Registration requirements are a recent phenomenon. For these reasons, the number of guns in the United States and the number of gun owners are impossible to know with precision. A reasonable estimate of the total number of privately owned guns is about half a billion, 1 and 1/2 guns for every person in the United States, and nearly two guns for every adult in the United States.

There are plenty of guns in the United States for every adult to have at least one. The question of how many adults own guns and how many adults have easy access to guns is not the same.

A gun in a household is likely to be accessible to all adults in the household. Because of the nature of surveys, a common question is: Do any of the members of your household own a gun?

A recent NBC poll shows a dramatic increase in gun ownership in the last decade. The poll was of American voters. The numbers are of direct political significance.

[marktwain]

Percent of households with guns, gun ownership, favorable view of guns for self defense. All have significantly increased.

[no-to-illegals]

Thank goodness I marked a map where my firearms and ammo fell overboard. Now if I can only find the map …..

[sauropod]

Off the Starboard Bow...

[maddog55]

Polls are irrelevant, liberal hatred of guns is irrelevant, reasonable gun control laws are irrelevant. The 2nd amendment is law.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Do any of the members of your household own a gun?

Nunya damned business.

[MtnClimber]

Most politicians who oppose gun ownership will claim they would never inconvenience “legitimate” gun owners. Politicians tend to be very good liars.

Very true.

[Sicon]

Public acceptance of the utility of gun ownership is boosted, in part, because of increasing respect shown for the Second Amendment by the Supreme Court and inferior courts

It is also boosted by the ever-increasing squeals from politicians about taking them away from law-abiding citizens, and by things like the 2020 Burn Loot Murder riots and subsequent defunding of the police, and the corresponding appeasement of criminals.

[AndyJackson]

Polls Reflect Acceptance of Second Amendment

Acceptance? Well, we just have to change their minds. This is about saving humanity from right-wing MAGA extremists.

Even a pro-2nd ammendment org can't get it's own headlines straight. Who writes this stuff.

What other parts of the US constitution can I opt to accept, or perhaps not accept. Apparently, we can ignore search and seizure and due process for MAGA extremist Trump supporters and can cull citizens based upon their Twitter likes.

[ByteMercenary]

Saw an article about the number of background checks submitted on Black Friday alone - over 200,000! I am inclined to think that the uptick may have more to do with the truth in the following well-known sayings:

- When seconds count the LEOs are only 8 minutes away.

- I carry a gun because a cop is too heavy.

- others ...

[FLT-bird]

Its hilarious. Leftists pushed defunding the police and bringing in prosecutors who would not prosecute crimes. They opened the border and allowed tends of millions of illegal aliens to pour in.

Then they were shocked Americans responded by buying guns in a tsunami that more than wiped out all the effort they’d put into gun control over the last generation.

Well Duh. What did they expect?

[rktman]

Thanks Dean. Weird. I don’t own uh, one. Just think how envious the anti 2nd folks are of Israeli gun laws. Just think how few less dead there would be from the 10/7 attack. Did they not get the memo about “Never again!”. Guess “ never” doesn’t mean what I thought it did.

🙏🇺🇸🇮🇱👍

[Deplorable American1776]

The Liberals on Quora (especially one troll) must be very upset. The question starts with: 'What would gun nuts do if I...'

My son replies: 'How do you know what a gun owner looks like...'

[CatOwner]

There are polls that the DEMs flaunt in front of people for their policy changes. And the others they just ignore.

[airdalecheif]

“”Thank goodness I marked a map where my firearms and ammo fell overboard. Now if I can only find the map””

I threw a SCCY 9mm in my deep pond out back. Sorry gun!! Bought a Glock replacement a few days ago from Rural King.

[usconservative]

Oh thank God I don’t own any guns and don’t have to register any. I’ll just rely on all those good hearted citizens with them to protect me if needed.

[Texas Fossil]

The numbers are of direct political significance.

Corrrect!

[Texas Fossil]

Bump

And we will Keep Ours.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Americans are being left without any tool for self-defense and the defense of their family and property. We can’t allow that to happen. Now that most law enforcement agency have fewer officers than the local dog catcher departments.

[1Old Pro]

If gun owners voted single issue like the abortion voters, Dems would lose elections.

[Taxman]

ping