The gun numbers: just 3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms

https://www.theguardian.com ^ | Wednesday 15 November 2017 02.00 EST | Lois Beckett

[BackRoads775]

You’ve heard the statistics before: Americans have more guns per head than any nation on earth – along with gun violence rates that are dramatically higher than other rich, developed countries.

But these big-picture facts can be misleading. Not every American is packing heat and gun violence is intensely concentrated in small neighbourhoods.

Here’s a look at the dramatic concentration of America’s guns – and America’s violence:

[BackRoads775]

Facts show owning more than 40 guns is actually fairly common in the United States, and violence falls most heavily on the country’s poorest neighborhoods

[Lurker]

It’s The Guardian. Every other word is a lie, including “and”.

L

[smokingfrog]

and

.. not too sure about that

[Lurkinanloomin]

Wasn’t it 3% of the population that fought for our freedom in 1776?

[smokingfrog]

just kidding

[smokingfrog]

Those darn three percenters.

[Kickass Conservative]

The Guardian is just jealous.

Speaking of which, I just got my Turners Outdoorsman 2017 Holiday “Gun Porn” Guide in the mail.

I’ll have send Santa a List. I’ve been a good boy, I Voted for Trump and have TRUMP 45 Vanity License Plates on my Car.

[Eddie01]

Really feels good to be an American.

We’re the cool kid.

The U.K. is obsessed with covering us.

[TomGuy]

More likely, 3% of Americans admit to owning guns.

The other 97% marked 'No Comment'.

[corlorde]

These owners have collections that range from eight to 140 guns, the 2015 study found. Their average collection: 17 guns each

Guilty!

[old curmudgeon]

So its is those very poor people with no roof over their heads that own 40 guns each?

This liberal rag, even by the British standard, is trying to equate high gun ownership with crime, but shoot themselves in the foot when they admit that the high crime rates are found in areas where the residents are unlikely to own more than one gun.

But then most liberals are short on logic.

[DIRTYSECRET]

They must have little ones.

[Blue Jays]

"...admit to..."

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Exactly. The only people who know my exact number of firearms are SOME of my family members plus my closest circle of friends.

[Paine in the Neck]

III%

[central_va]

If you don’t have a gun stashed away in every room of your house then you are dong it wrong.

[Billyv]

Ditto!

[Paladin2]

" Just 3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms – half of America’s total gun stock. These owners have collections that range from eight to 140 guns, the 2015 study found. Their average collection: 17 guns each. "

330,00,000 'mericans.

330,000,000 x .03 = ~ 10,000,000. 133,000,000 / 10,000,000 = 13.3 Including .22LRs, muskets, likely pellet and BB gunz,, muzzle loaders, Antiques, etc. What, exactly, is the point of this article? *************************** Common Sense, Comprehensive Spending Control before Gun Control....

[RandallFlagg]

Let’s see... There’s Ted Nugent, Hickok45, and the rest of us.
(Not to mention the Franklin Armory Binary Trigger system I just installed in my AR)

MUAHAHAHAAAAAA!!!!

[marktwain]

Propaganda study aimed at minimizing gun ownership in the USA.

Their total only comes from surveys, where people are asked if they own guns.

There total is only 265 million guns in private hands. The actual figure is likely over 400 million.

That indicates they undercounted about 135 million, or that about 1 of three gun owners was unwilling to tell them that they owned guns.

[Paladin2]

" Just 3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms – half of America’s total gun stock. These owners have collections that range from eight to 140 guns, the 2015 study found. Their average collection: 17 guns each. "

330,00,000 'mericans.

330,000,000 x .03 = ~ 10,000,000.

133,000,000 / 10,000,000 = 13.3

Including .22LRs, muskets, likely pellet and BB gunz,, muzzle loaders, Antiques, etc.

What, exactly, is the point of this article?

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Common Sense, Comprehensive Spending Control before Gun Control....