[Reno89519]

I read the report elsewhere last night and found the stats interesting. I suspect the overall count of guns is very low, which skews the numbers. Everyone, or more likely, every family, I know that has guns have half-a-dozen plus each. We typically do not talk about it and I doubt many would speak to a surveyor.

In details, the study is very suspect--organization bias, compensated data, method gathered, poor coverage, etc.

Still, the numbers show more guns, especially by women, less crime. Surveyor bias rejects that obvious conclusion, even while pointing it out.

Good for conversation but flawed.

[elcid1970]

The “more guns in fewer hands” meme is tired & old. Liberals now make out the `fewer hands’ to be old fat white guys assembling large arsenals, and who will hopefully soon die off & leave the field to latte sipping gun hating Millenials.

The skyrocketing numbers of NICS checks puts the lie to that, unless all those checks have just a few dozen surnames, like an Amish community?

Fewer gun owners is actually fewer owners who are willing to answer questions from anonymous pollsters or nosy doctors. Bottom line.