Posted on 11/07/2013 6:45:15 PM PST by DogByte6RER
White racists more likely to be gun owners: study
Are gun ownership and racism linked?
Researchers have found that the more racist beliefs held by a white person, the more likely the person is to own a gun — conclusions that have rankled gun rights advocates.
A team led by Kerry O'Brien, of Monash University in Australia and The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom, examined white Americans’ negative perceptions about blacks and compared the rates of both gun ownership and opposition to gun control to discover the correlations.
Researchers based their conclusions on the results of a multiple-choice questionnaire that measured responses to a series of statements about attitudes toward black people. The more strongly a person agreed with a statement, the more points they accumulated.
The total points were then averaged to come up with a score between one and five that determined “symbolic racism.” Researchers found that the more points a person accumulated, the greater their chances of owning a gun and of opposing gun control.
The report, published in the peer-reviewed online publication PLoS One, said that for each one-point increase “there was a 50 percent increase in the odds of having a gun in the home and a 28 percent increase in support for policies allowing people to carry concealed guns.”
While symbolic racism, which is a subtle but modern measure of anti-black racism, was associated with higher rates of gun ownership, researchers also attempted to identify signs of overt racism, which did not appear to have any correlation to gun ownership.
The study used data collected through the American National Election Studies — an academically run survey of U.S. voters — but only sought to measure white respondents beliefs ...
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
D@mn yeah ... gun ownership and racism are linked mutherf*cker!
White Racists More Likely To Be Gun Owners*
*Except for black racists.
and black racists are likely to steal those guns....
Press release from the college in Australia that did the study about this:
http://www.futurity.org/us-racism-linked-gun-ownership/
BLACK racists are also more likely to have GUNS, razors, ‘nives, and masks ..
whites that own guns are racists? is that what we’re supposed to take away from this?
i guess the cops will love to hear it
Racist or realist?
and black racists are likely to steal those guns....
‘’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’’
And use them to kill other black racists.
How about black gangstas!!!
I don’t care if white racists own a legal gun. What are the percentages of illegal guns among the black population.
Racism isn’t illegal but illegal guns are illegal unless of course they came here to find a job to feed their families.
(Any more un-pc statements I could make in one post?)
I conducted my own study; gun owners are more likely to buy more bullets than non gun owners.
What can we conclude from this?
Ta da. Guess I must be a multi-racists based on the count of, uh, such items that may or may not be in my abode.
The foto with al not-so-sharpton should have the sign behind him changed to Maggots with Microphones.
Black racists with guns are less likely to be registered—especially in places like Chicago.
feh...
Did he live?
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