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> Household gun ownership went from 45% in 1980 down to 32% in 2016: And yet sales of new guns are up massively. Can you explain this discrepancy? Perhaps a b

> Household gun ownership went from 45% in 1980 down to 32% in 2016: And yet sales of new guns are up massively. Can you explain this discrepancy? Perhaps a better interpretation is that the number of households who will admit owning a gun to a stranger who calls them on the phone went from 45% to 32%. Someone's buying all those guns, dude. It sure isn't collectors who are buying millions of cheap Hi-Points and Kel-Tecs.

throw0101a 5y ago
> And yet sales of new guns are up massively. Can you explain this discrepancy? I do so in my post: > Fewer people own guns nowadays generally, with only one-third only a single gun, about one-third owning 2-4, and one-third owning >5: > * https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/ https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/the-dem... > Seems that only a minority of American (households) own firearms, and the ones that do may simply make more noise than the (silent) majority that do not. Ownership is more concentrated: > But America’s gun super-owners, have amassed huge collections. Just 3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms – half of America’s total gun stock. These owners have collections that range from eight to 140 guns, the 2015 study found. Their average collection: 17 guns each. * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/15/the-gun-numbers-just-3-of-american-adults-own-a-collective-133m-firearms https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/15/the-gun-numb... > Some are collectors with elaborately curated selections of historical firearms, while others are ‘just accumulators’. They say it is surprisingly easy to get to 17 * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/gun-ownership-america-firearms-super-owners https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/gun-ownershi...
- Turing_Machine 5y ago
  > Fewer people own guns nowadays generally, with only one-third only a single gun, about one-third owning 2-4, and one-third owning >5: Yeah, sorry, serious collectors aren't going out and buying junky Hi-Points and Kel-Tecs. They just aren't. Which strikes you as more likely: 1) a serious gun collector buys multiple $200 hunks-of-junk. 2) people lie when a stranger calls and asks them about a politically charged topic?
  - throw0101a 5y ago
    > while others are ‘just accumulators’. They say it is surprisingly easy to get to 17 * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/gun-ownership-america-firearms-super-owners https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/gun-ownershi...

throw0101a 5y ago

> And yet sales of new guns are up massively. Can you explain this discrepancy? I do so in my post: > Fewer people own guns nowadays generally, with only one-third only a single gun, about one-third owning 2-4, and one-third owning >5: > * https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/ https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/the-dem... > Seems that only a minority of American (households) own firearms, and the ones that do may simply make more noise than the (silent) majority that do not. Ownership is more concentrated: > But America’s gun super-owners, have amassed huge collections. Just 3% of American adults own a collective 133m firearms – half of America’s total gun stock. These owners have collections that range from eight to 140 guns, the 2015 study found. Their average collection: 17 guns each. * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/15/the-gun-numbers-just-3-of-american-adults-own-a-collective-133m-firearms https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/15/the-gun-numb... > Some are collectors with elaborately curated selections of historical firearms, while others are ‘just accumulators’. They say it is surprisingly easy to get to 17 * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/gun-ownership-america-firearms-super-owners https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/gun-ownershi...

Turing_Machine 5y ago
> Fewer people own guns nowadays generally, with only one-third only a single gun, about one-third owning 2-4, and one-third owning >5: Yeah, sorry, serious collectors aren't going out and buying junky Hi-Points and Kel-Tecs. They just aren't. Which strikes you as more likely: 1) a serious gun collector buys multiple $200 hunks-of-junk. 2) people lie when a stranger calls and asks them about a politically charged topic?
- throw0101a 5y ago
  > while others are ‘just accumulators’. They say it is surprisingly easy to get to 17 * https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/gun-ownership-america-firearms-super-owners https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/gun-ownershi...