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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Me, too.
The guvmint needs to give them to folks who don’t have enough.
Conservatives own 200,000,000 guns and a trillion rounds of ammo. If we were violent you’d know it in a heartbeat!
I almost had one. It was my grand daddy's pistol, but my daddy got a hold of it first, and won't give it to me :-(
Yes, per person
Anyone who would tell a pollster how many, and what kind of guns they own, is an idiot.
“They’re just trying to build a case that gun owners are too few to worry about at election time.”
Trying to stigmatize gun owners. But somebody needs to tell them that we won’t be as easy to exterminate as the Kulaks were.
I'll just concentrate and rely on the OTHER 50% thankewvery much.
Incidentally, it does not require a genius or a university study, or a think tank to know that 95% of the ILLEGAL HAND GUNS AND HEAVY WEAPONS ARE IN THE HANDS OF ABOUT 13% OF THE POPULATION
Pikers. Maybe they're beginners. Or Democrats.
Even better -- Jugears caused the manufacturers to respond to the heightened demand, which caused prices to fall for firearms across the board, thereby enabling more law abiding citizens to become gun owners.
Delicious irony, ain't it?
I guess I could be considered a 7.6mm adult, 7.62x39, 7.62x51, 7.62x54r
I think the number is about 150 million NICS background checks since Obama was elected. I don't know if I am typical or atypical, but the last time I made a purchase, I bought 3 (three) guns at the same time, on 1 (one) NICS background check.
This study is silly.
My own guesstimate is that there are at least 450 million firearms in private hands in the country.
I have 5 Marlin 60’s, LOL
Like anyone would answer that question honestly.
That’s an amazing chart. I had no idea there were that many calibers the first time I saw it.
I have enough for every person in my family. Nuclear and extended.
That’s a drop in the ocean.
Gallup: More Than Six in 10 Americans Say Guns Make Homes Safer
http://www.gallup.com/poll/179213/six-americans-say-guns-homes-safer.aspx
If 63% believe that firearms (or fire extinguishers, or smoke alarms, or home security systems) make homes safer, my guess it means that roughly 63% OWN firearms (or fire extinguishers, or or smoke alarms, or home security systems). Therefore, I believe that their estimate of firearm ownership is not just low, it's ridiculously low.
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