[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!

[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.

[Lurkinanloomin]

They claim the number of gun owners is shrinking when my observation is the exact opposite. Lots of people I know have acquired guns who did not own them previously.
A friend of mine started me shooting 10 years ago, I had not been a gun owner.
Since then I have introduced at least 6 people to firearms ownership.

[Caipirabob]

/ “Unfortunate Boat Accident”

[mrmeyer]

8.1? Pikers.

[Popman]

I have six, but if I could afford it, I’m not sure of the higher limit...

Guess it depends on the amount of storage available...

[Political Junkie Too]

...8.1 guns per household...

The question is not inventory, it's use.

For knives, I have a large chef's knife, a small chef's knife, a paring knife, a tomato knife, a sandwich knife, a carving knife, a bread knife, eight steak knives, a knife sharpener, even an electric knife (semi-automatic?). Each has its purpose, and I don't arm up with multiple knives.

How many people with 8.1 guns arm themselves with all of them and then go out seeking mayhem?

-PJ