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> In fairness, everyone I know in the US who owns firearms - which is basically everyone I know here You are not representative, as only one-third of individua

> In fairness, everyone I know in the US who owns firearms - which is basically everyone I know here You are not representative, as only one-third of individuals, and 42% of US households, own a firearm: * 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... * https://news.gallup.com/poll/264932/percentage-americans-own-guns.aspx https://news.gallup.com/poll/264932/percentage-americans-own... Gun owners are in the minority of the population.

bombcar 3y ago
Drill down to state levels, or further to local areas, and those numbers change tremendously. In many parts of the country gun ownership is almost universal. And you might not even know; not everyone tells everyone that they own a gun.
mindcrime 3y ago
Assume those numbers are wrong. Many gun owners lie on various polls and surveys when asked about firearms ownership. The reason generally being a certain level of paranoia about firearms and firearms owners being cataloged in a way that could support a hypothetical future confiscation effort. Firearms owners may well still be in the minority, but there's probably a fair bit of error there.
dalore 3y ago
Does that include children in the population?