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- Sat Mar 14, 2015 1:00 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Major Survey Shows Gun Ownership Declining
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Re: Major Survey Shows Gun Ownership Declining
Another factor to consider: just because a household doesn't presently own a gun doesn't mean they're not pro-gun. I've got two sons on their own, more or less. One has his CHL and several guns. The other is in Chicago going to law school and will be leaving for he not knows where soon and doesn't consider it practical to have to worry about transporting guns. Going to law school in Chicago has knocked just about all the liberalism out of him that he had collected at UT. He is very much pro-gun whether he has any with him or not (technically he owns guns he got when he was younger that are with me). He considers "gun control" downright stupid. There are no anti-gun people in my wife's side of the family or in mine.
- Thu Mar 12, 2015 1:50 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: Major Survey Shows Gun Ownership Declining
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Re: Major Survey Shows Gun Ownership Declining
At numerous gun stores I have frequently seen women, either with or without boyfriends or husbands, buying their first gun. In fact, just about every time I've been to Cabelas or Gander Mountain in the last two years there has been someone buying their first gun at the counter. Many of the women are obviously wives or girlfriends, so it may not change the number of households with guns, but it does change the number of gun owners.Keith B wrote:I haven't commented, but do think the way they ran the survey is probably accurate. I believe less households have guns now than before. Many baby boomers or X-generation people had a father that hunted or owned a gun or guns, but they don't. They may also have let the estate guns go to one family member who does hunt or is into guns, out of 3-4 siblings that now have their own households.
Additionally, while gun sales have definitely increased, especially just before and during the Obama administration, I believe those sales were multiples to one household. The people who did not already own a gun or guns more than likely did not go out and purchase one to add to the household count.
So, while I do agree that there probably were those that falsely answered 'No' to the survey, I believe the number of household owning guns has declined.