Gun Control & RKBA

gejohnston

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15. probaby not a valid study, not even worth mentioning

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Thu Sep 22, 2016, 10:38 PM

Sep 2016

aside from calling out the shoddy journalism.

The unpublished Harvard/Northeastern survey result summary, obtained exclusively by the Guardian and the Trace, estimates that America’s gun stock has increased by 70m guns since 1994. At the same time, the percentage of Americans who own guns decreased slightly from 25% to 22%.

The new survey, conducted in 2015 by public health researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities, also found that the proportion of female gun owners is increasing as fewer men own guns. These women were more likely to own a gun for self-defense than men, and more likely to own a handgun only.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/19/us-gun-ownership-survey

If this study exists, done by shills like David Hemenway. Since it isn't published, and his prohibitionist studies usually aren't, in a peer-reviewed journal in sociology or criminology, it isn't worth mentioning.

BTW, The Trace is Bloomberg's anti-gun Pravda.

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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