Privately owned firearms surpass 500 million in US after third-highest October for gun sales on record

The Blaze ^ | November 15, 2023 | Andrew Chapados

[rktman]

Hmmmmm! Does that include those lost while boating? 😳👍

🙏🇺🇸🇮🇱👍

[Candor7]

All those “refugees” buying guns?

All they need is a drivers licence and a work permit?If that?

So when do we have the Big Turkey choot? Has Biden set a date?

[frogjerk]

YES!

[BipolarBob]

Should we celebrate or mourn? I’m cornfused.

[PeterPrinciple]

Personal protection has historically been the reason Americans give for owning guns, with a Gallup poll from 2013 showcasing that as the top reason at a response rate of 60%. Hunting was second at 36%, while recreation or sport was third at 13%.
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When will the survey show the intended purpose of the 2A?

Of course, those people don’t answer the survey.

[Deaf Smith]

BLOAT

[G Larry]

In 10 years, the Boomers who own 20-25 % of these 500 million, will have started to pass on these inventories to the next generation, who aren't as enthused or as invested in hunting and self-defense as we were.

That is what the globalists are counting on.

[IYAS9YAS]

And those are just the NICS checks. No data whatsoever on private sales. Here in the Peoples Republic of Nuevo Mexico, all transfers of firearms require a NICS and have since July 1, 2019. Hasn’t reduced shootings, but has made it more difficult to keep things off the radar. There are some exceptions to the rule. Family transfers and transfers between law enforcement don’t have to have the NICS check here. Nice how they carve out an exception for the praetorian guards.

[fightin kentuckian]

Wow, impressive. Now I’m going to have to buy more to keep up my Owner/guns ratio. Also, all those new gun owners need ammo iow, ammo prices go up. But that’s a good reason.

[Twotone]

The next generation may not be enthusiastic about guns now. BUT, I think they’ll change their minds as crime & terror attacks go up.

[bgill]

That’s the group I thought of when it was being said 30% of demwits are now armed.

[FLT-bird]

Excellent! Well done people! I knew if we showed a little dedication we could achieve this milestone. Let’s see how quickly we can get drive it up to over a billion privately owned firearms in America.

I’m doing my part.

[fortes fortuna juvat]

BUT, I think they’ll change their minds as crime & terror attacks go up.
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Especially when their sweethearts and children start getting slaughtered by the barbarians Biden has welcomed into our country. If I was younger, I would open some gun stores and liquor stores because they’re going to be seeing some major revenue increases.

[Bonemaker]

Unfortunately, states like Illinois, NY, NJ, CA, MD etc have started taking them away.

[MeganC]

“The total of privately owned guns in the United States is estimated to have passed 500 million”

That’s not nearly enough!

[redfreedom]

I tend to agree with you in part. My deceased brother owned firearms. He married a German girl who kept her German socialist values. His sons have zero interest in firearms. I suspect the brother’s firearms are long disposed of.

I see similar happening all over the place.

[Jeff Chandler]

I lament taking my firearms on board my kayak.

[2nd Amendment]

I used to own a few guns but a tragic boating accident put them in the Tennessee River!

[gundog]

Yeah...typically it’s younger people buying the modern sporting rifles. I saw an 18 year old in WA lamenting on FB that the AK he was holding at a gun store would probably be the last time he held one. Half of the responses to him were “Move.”