More Americans own guns than the anti-gunners thought?

[eustace_stelio]

According to CNN and the GVA there have been over 400 mass shootings this year. Of course they invented the definition of mass shooting....

https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/24/politics/us-400-mass-shootings/index.html

300 of those most likely happened in Chicago

 

[Knobgoblin]

300 of those most likely happened in Chicago

Idk
5 people got shot on Silverback street last Friday night.

 

[Flopsweat]

Here's a poll, the number of Americans that are anti firearm plus the number of Americans that want your scary black rifles taken away adds up to more than 50% of the population.

There may be considerable overlap in those two categories. Unless they were options to the same question?

 

[CamoDeafie]

Here's a poll, the number of Americans that are anti firearm plus the number of Americans that want your scary black rifles taken away adds up to more than 50% of the population.

There may be considerable overlap in those two categories. Unless they were options to the same question?

Indeed.

But the simple fact is.. AR15s /"scary black guns" have been among the top-selling firearms in the US in the last 9 years or so. This includes the vast number of stripped lowers, uppers, large pistols/similar firearms. I would wager to say that no less than 75% of the gun owning public has at least one.

Edit. If the frequency of AR15 components being out of stock/sold out is any indication... retro A1, C7, A2s are pretty hot right now as well as corresponding retro parts

 

[ilostmypswrd]

I live in Seattle and everytime I head over the the pistol range all I see is about 16 weapons per Asian lololol, they be buying up all the guns and ammo lololol.

 

[RVTECH]

5 people got shot on Silverback street last Friday night.

Where is Silverback street?

Maybe indicate at least the state you are referring to when referencing a location.

 

[Alexx1401]

One "upside" to the party who hates guns but loves crime is more armed people. They keep shooting themselves in the foot with this love of the scum. Has made a lot of people who never thought they would even own a gun not only buy one but even start to carry. Hopefully a few of them will learn to vote better.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Where is Silverback street?

Maybe indicate at least the state you are referring to when referencing a location.

Rainier Ave. The back way in to Seattle on Lake Washington

 

[solv3nt]

I live in Seattle and everytime I head over the the pistol range all I see is about 16 weapons per Asian lololol, they be buying up all the guns and ammo lololol.

Math checks out.

 

[ilostmypswrd]

Math checks out.

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Nice

 

[solv3nt]

Nice

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That's just what fit on the door.

 

[Alexx1401]

That's just what fit on the door.

Need a bigger door

 

[dangerranger60]

For awhile I worked for a company that did emergency repairs,[ Fire, Flood, Smoke, Storm damage] The first on site would shut off the water , gas, electric, then they had people that would find them a hotel room , pack up and store their things, etc...
The people packing them up said 75% of them had a gun of some kind. DR

 

[Deavis]

Fixed it for you.

Oh thanks! Much appreciated.

We most def gave to the talibs.

I do think we sold to the cartels though.

 

[Nutty4Guns]

Oh thanks! Much appreciated.

We most def gave to the talibs.

I do think we sold to the cartels though.

Yep, I was mostly being a smart arse. Either way, it was a messed up situation.

 

[Bam]

I sleep well knowing that we have passed the point that there are so many firearms out there, that even if the lefty nazis succeeded in passing a law banning and confiscating firearms, they wouldn't even get half before people fought back.

 

[2506]

If we have an estimated 450 million civilian owned guns; then clearly more than 100 million of Americans own guns. Granted there's a lot of gun owners who own more than 5 firearms (I'm now one, due to late father) but it could average out to far more because the majority of gun owners have 1 to maybe 3 guns, especially recently/new gun owners

"That top 14% of gun owners – a group of 7.7m people, or 3% of American adults – own between about eight and 140 guns each. The average is 17."

Meet America's gun super-owners – with an average of 17 firearms each | US gun control | The Guardian

Some are collectors with elaborately curated selections of historical firearms, while others are ‘just accumulators’. They say it is surprisingly easy to get to 17

amp.theguardian.com

 

[Flopsweat]

"That top 14% of gun owners – a group of 7.7m people, or 3% of American adults – own between about eight and 140 guns each. The average is 17."

Meet America's gun super-owners – with an average of 17 firearms each | US gun control | The Guardian

Some are collectors with elaborately curated selections of historical firearms, while others are ‘just accumulators’. They say it is surprisingly easy to get to 17

amp.theguardian.com

17 that we told you about!

 

[sobo]

"That top 14% of gun owners – a group of 7.7m people, or 3% of American adults – own between about eight and 140 guns each. The average is 17."

At long last! I'm above average at something!

 

[nammac]

"That top 14% of gun owners – a group of 7.7m people, or 3% of American adults – own between about eight and 140 guns each. The average is 17."

Meet America's gun super-owners – with an average of 17 firearms each | US gun control | The Guardian

Some are collectors with elaborately curated selections of historical firearms, while others are ‘just accumulators’. They say it is surprisingly easy to get to 17

amp.theguardian.com

Super gun owners…. Kinda makes them sound like super hero's, which they may be when the SHTF…

Anyone else find it curious that this boils down to 3% of American adults, the same percentage that's commonly touted as being responsible for a successful Revolutionary War and the defeat of a King and his army…