Posted on 03/12/2015 2:09:20 PM PDT by richardb72
Is gun ownership falling? The answer is yes, at least if you believe a new General Social Survey (GSS) by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC). Supposedly, since the late 1970s, the percentage of homes with a gun has fallen from approximately 50 percent to 32 percent. “The number of Americans who live in a household with at least one gun is lower than it’s ever been,” reported Emily Swanson of the Associated Press.
Time magazine also points to a PEW Research survey that has done a couple much more limited surveys that suggest a similar drop in gun ownership over time.
But those claims are likely overblown.
Surely, gun control advocates such as GSS director Tom Smith view this decline as a good thing. In a 2003 book of mine, I quoted Smith as saying that the large drop in gun ownership would “make it easier for politicians to do the right thing on guns” and pass more restrictive regulations.
Other gun control advocates have mentioned to me that they hope that if people believe fewer people own guns, that may cause others to rethink their decision to own one themselves. It is part of the reason they dramatically exaggerate the risks of having guns in the home. . . .
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Look, if the leftwing nuts want to believe gun ownership is down, declining, or near zero, that’s fine with me. I am perfectly happy having them continue living in their cloud of bong smoke.
..and if a doctor asks “Do you have firearms in your home?” or “Do you own a gun?”, answer “guns are dangerous” and leave it at that.
Exactly. If I’m asked, I don’t say yes OR no... It’s NUNYA, as in NUNYA business!
BHO, best guns and ammo sales-muzzie of all time.
YEP! Mine would have gone up if I weren’t in the same position as you. I do have plenty of ammunition though.
I don’t own anything more dangerous then a bread knife.
Yet more recently, "The number of people with those cards [Illinois FOID cards] has soared from a little over 1 million in 2010 to 1.8 million this month."
Not even close.
Let's look at this another way. The poll claims that 18 percent of households with a gun rid themselves of it. Since there are about 115 million households, that would mean that 18 percent of them, or about 21 million households, gave up their guns.
Somebody somewhere is soaking up a lot of used guns. It's not me. Honest.
One good thing about ISIS will be as easy to tell the good guys from the bad guys like Cowboys n Injuns, or Blue helmets for that matter.
Lots of us are able to slip into Mr. Deer’s back yard and have him walk close to us, what chance will some smelly bearded dude in a long nightshift have?
“No, sir. No firearms, sir. Yes, I do have the latest version of The Little Red Book, sir. I read from it after reading from the Koran everyday sir.”
Reminds me of a joke. This is a conversation between a conservative and a useful idiot.
“Do you have a gun?”
-Yes
“Is is loaded?”
-Yes
“Do you have a permit for your gun?”
-Do you have a permit to ask stupid questions?
Are you sure about none of them being already gun owners who are adding guns? Either way, most people are not going to say that they have a gun to the government Right now.
Admission of gun ownership is down. :-)
Nope. A lot of people are just claiming boating accidents and the like. IOW, they so distrust the fedgov that they are lying.
Must’ve been a whole lot of bankruptcies.
If any doctor ever asks me if I own a gun, my answer will be NOYFB. And then I’d find another doctor who wasn’t so nosy.
I don't like large bodies of water. Sadly all my guns and ammunition fell into an abandoned mine shaft and it was dark and I didn't have a map.
time magazine is just people magazine for ugly celebrities.
Yes, admitting gun ownership to polling organizations is down.
If you believe these type of polls, you will also find that less people own physical precious metals, long term food, ammo, body armor, and all other prepping supplies.
I say, "You mean on me, right now?"
In your pic pop is holding a side by side shotgun and his daughter is holding an 1873 Winchester. Cowboy Action Shooters?
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