Firearm Industry Salesman of the Year, 7 years running.
Posted on 09/25/2016 4:20:37 PM PDT by blam
Tyler Durden
Sep 25, 2016 7:10 PM
A recent Harvard study of the demographics of gun ownership in the United States yielded a fairly shocking discovery, namely the emergence of the Obama gun "Super Owner." The study, entitled "The Stock and Flow of US Firearms: Results from the 2015 National Firearms Survey", was conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and found that just 14% of all gun owners, or 7.6mm adults and 3% of the total U.S. population, possessed 50% of all guns owned by civilians in the country. Moreover, with a total stock of 270mm civilian-owned guns in the U.S., that implies that these "super owners" possess an average of nearly 18 guns per person.
Gun owning respondents owned an average of 4.85 firearms (range: 1-140); the median gun owner reported owning approximately two guns. As can be seen in Figure 3, approximately half (48%) of gun owners report owning 1 or 2 guns, accounting for 14% of the total US gun stock, while those who own 10 or more guns (8% of all gun owners), own 39% of the gun stock. Put another way, one half of the gun stock (~130 million guns) is owned by approximately 86% of gun owners, while the other half is owned by 14% of gun owners (14% of gun owners equals 7.6 million adults, or 3% of the adult US population).
Another startling discovery in the data, though "oddly" not highlighted in the report, is that the surge in gun ownership per capita seemed to coincide with the start of the Obama presidency and growing rhetoric over new gun regulations.
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I had always heard 1.25 guns for every human in America. These guy are stooopid! /s
I would assume that the BLS (Bureau of Lying Statistics) assisted the lame study.
This is based on a survey...?
They actually expect gun owners to divulge the number of weapons they own ?
I promise you I only had one and lost it years ago when I moved
I pinky swear...
7.6mm adults
Inbred economists in Academe never figured out the rest of the world uses k for thousands and m for thousandths.
They think m means thousand and mm means million. M for millions? That’s Mega-silly!
Some people celebrate their civil rights more that others.
To a liberal, more than one gun is an “arsenal”.
Statistics
Who, in their right mind, would “report” that they’re a gun owner?
Firearm Industry Salesman of the Year, 7 years running.
I just own “artistically and skillfully machined tools” intended to extend the reach of my ability to reach out and touch someone and things.
Gun owning respondents owned an average of 4.85 firearms (range: 1-140); the median gun owner reported owning approximately two guns
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Necessary minimum is 5
1 .22 target pistol
1 9mm or .45 handgun
1 .22 rifle
1 larger caliber rifle
1 short barrel shotgun/w long barrel or
1 long barrel shotgun
They’re just trying to build a case that gun owners are too few to worry about at election time.
And 3% of the browsers and posters donate 50% of the funds to
FR.
This is actually one of natures constants regarding human behavior. It is well documented by Benoit Mandelbrot. ;o)
And that’s the delicious irony of it all, that the Jug-eared Commie Usurper has caused the sale of more guns to lawful owners than anyone else, likely in all of U.S. history.
Beautiful.
It was 300 million when Zero usurped the office. It's at 400 million now, and climbing.
I thought he was talking about very small people.
Well plenty of time maybe for the populace to do the right thing.
Clarification, please: Five is the minimum per capable person, correct?
;)
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