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Population continues to grow, and there are many Americans who don't own guns who represent a big market. Many have purchased their first in the past year. An
by da_big_ghey 6y ago
Population continues to grow, and there are many Americans who don't own guns who represent a big market. Many have purchased their first in the past year. And yes, lots of people like collecting a shooting a wide variety of guns. Most of then do it for reasons other than or in addition to prepping. The new firearms market is not going to die; the idea that it will is fudd nonsense.
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoThe point is that manufacturers aren't really producing a wide variety of guns. I wouldn't be surprised if 3/4 of new guns in the country are black polymer-and-aluminum AR-15s or black polymer-framed tilting-barrel striker fired pistols.
- AlgorithmicTime 6y agoThere's a reason the tilting barrel polymer fired pistol is basically universal.
- jcranmer 6y agoGun ownership in the US has gone down over the past ~30-40 years, but the number of guns per capita has gone up, which indicates that fewer people are buying guns but that those who do are buying more guns than they used to.
- aksss 6y agoOwnership estimates are based on survey data, not registration data. Gun owners are far, far less likely to be honest about ownership with some rando survey taker than they were 40 years ago.
- aksss 6y agoThe immigrant population particularly. There’s a lot of suppressed interest overseas that gets exercised upon arrival, whether visiting or immigrating.