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I wonder if most "per capita" assessments in the USA take the "collector effect" into account. That is, I've never owned a gun. I have a friend who owns someth
by jordan0day 12y ago
I wonder if most "per capita" assessments in the USA take the "collector effect" into account.
That is, I've never owned a gun. I have a friend who owns something like 15 guns. I don't think it's necessarily accurate to say our gun ownership rate is 7.5. I mean, I think "per capita" almost always means "average (mean)", but I feel like the rate in my example should be 0.5, not 7.5.
- _delirium 12y agoThere are statistics on % of the population (or households) that own guns, which might be what you're looking for? In your example that would be 50%, as one of the people owns one-or-more guns, and the other owns zero. In the U.S. the ownership rate hovers around 30%, though it varies considerably by state, from a low of 9% (Hawaii) to a high of 60% (Wyoming).