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Gun Control & RKBA

jmg257

(11,996 posts)

11. 9.57 Million is a load of people...even owning 17+ guns each.

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Mon Sep 19, 2016, 05:58 PM

Sep 2016

Add in the other 60+ million, and you have at least a 1/4 of the country who own guns.

And the numbers being bought up is always climbing, as is the number of carry permits.

At the rate of 23 million background checks a year these days, that 265 million number seems a bit low...likely closer to 400 million.

Anyway - 70-80 million gun owners...

That is a LOT of votes.

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Just three percent of adults own half of America’s guns [View all] workinclasszero Sep 2016 OP

I guess you can count me in the 19%. NaturalHigh Sep 2016 #1

Oh, just wait a bit. The next study will show 88% of "adults" own no guns. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #2

If Bloomberg funds that one too, you may be estimating low at 88% DonP Sep 2016 #10

Heh! "127%" reminds me of the biologist who studied feral hog birthing mortality rates... Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #13

A jump of 400,000 new FOID cards in Illinois in just 2 years .... DonP Sep 2016 #14

0% of the 3% comitted no crimes. JonathanRackham Sep 2016 #3

I' would wager that the Bundys are part of that 3% Buzz cook Sep 2016 #16

... JonathanRackham Sep 2016 #17

And of course this survey sarisataka Sep 2016 #4

How sad is that, we need to get that first number into the 50's. ileus Sep 2016 #5

Of the 620,000,000 firearms in private hands worldwide... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2016 #6

Speaking of multiple firearms, I am convinced that an improved cylinder bore... Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #7

This statistic has more than one meaning Runningdawg Sep 2016 #8

According to WaPo, gejohnston Sep 2016 #9

9.57 Million is a load of people...even owning 17+ guns each. jmg257 Sep 2016 #11

Obama won the 2012 election sarisataka Sep 2016 #12

probaby not a valid study, not even worth mentioning gejohnston Sep 2016 #15

Do stolen guns count as owned kudzu22 Sep 2016 #18