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> I've heard people jokingly say, "One side collects guns and the other collects mental disorders." > That's obviously an unfair shot but there's some truth to
by AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y ago
> I've heard people jokingly say, "One side collects guns and the other collects mental disorders."
> That's obviously an unfair shot but there's some truth to it.
No truth to it at all really. I'm pretty much a full-on socialist and I own firearms. In fact, I'm not sure I know anyone who doesn't own a firearm.
There are more firearms in the US than there are people, so what kind of fool honestly believes they are all in the hands of less than one half of the population?
- prepend 4y ago> so what kind of fool honestly believes they are all in the hands of less than one half of the population Seeing as how only 30% of Americans own guns [0], all the guns are literally in the hands of less than one half. So it’s not foolish to believe that. But it’s true whether I believe it or not. [0] 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...
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 4y agoEven that source has half as many democrat-identifying people owning firearms as republican-identifying people, which is very far from "one side collects all the guns". But yes it would appear that "less than half the population" is actually correct.