You'll Never Guess How Many Guns the Average Gun Owner Has

The Motley Fool ^ | January 9th, 2017 | Rich Smith

[Mariner]

These studies aren't worth spit because everbody knows you don't tell anybody how many guns you have. Or what caliber they may be. Long or short, old-style or semi.

Nothing. Not even here.

[griswold3]

A lot of boating accidents...

[Redcitizen]

“We first twigged to this trend in 2015”

These geniuses are slow! Where they been since 2008? Oh yeah, hanging out with the rest of the pajama boys at the DNC.

[Farmer Dean]

When you have to sit down and do an inventory,you may have enough guns.Or not.....

[FlingWingFlyer]

These studies aren't worth spit because everbody knows you don't tell anybody how many guns you have. Or what caliber they may be. Long or short, old-style or semi.

Exactly. They said they noticed a drop in the number of males owning guns. I wonder why. LOL.

[CodeToad]

Only 8.1 guns per owner? Hmmm....seems a little light.

[yarddog]

I have probably 15 powder burners and about the same number of airguns. There are huge gaps in my gun needs.

Still, I can remember when Daddy only had a .22 Remington model 513, a Single barrel Essex shotgun and a WWII trophy Luger. He did buy a Browning Auto 5 around 1958 but had sold the Luger by then.

[niteowl77]

“If two is one, and one is none…”

[Artemis Webb]

I don’t know of anybody that owns just one gun. Still, I give the study a little more credit than you do. But in the end I think it’s just an educated guess more than a “study”.

[DoughtyOne]

Agreed.

Anyone divulging what they own is asking for trouble.

I advise folks not to talk about their weapons at all. Don’t talk about ammo or any devices you may own.

[heterosupremacist]

‘scuse me, but I will never click on a site that is named fool.com HA!

[Sirius Lee]

Only 8.1 guns per owner? Hmmm....seems a little light.

Maybe that's per room.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Real light...

;-)

[USNBandit]

Maybe you are just above average.

[ConsCA]

“Only 8.1 guns per owner? Hmmm....seems a little light.”

Yeah, I think it’s 8.2.

[OKSooner]

Some. Several. A number.

Who wants to know?

[clamper1797]

I live in Arizona ... I would never have an “evil” gun

[dynachrome]

And how many are private sales?

I hope 3d printing goes big time soon.

[CincyRichieRich]

I better get busy upping mine.

Can I count my crossbow? It will go through someone.

[BobL]

Tell a doctor you have guns and it’s entered into a federal database - I suspect that MANY gun owners are quiet about their hardware when some snowflake calls them and asks.