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Came across a recent article today that culls data from multiple studies and draws the conclusion, the majority of guns owned are stockpiled by white men who are less educated, tend to not be spiritual, dis-empowered and racially motivated.

I'm reading the background research studies because statistics is one of those things where bad conclusions are drawn if the study is not properly designed.

So far, I do not see myself at all in the study, nor do I see any of the gun owners I personally know.

Scientific American : Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns?


Are you uneducated, dis-empowered, racist, lack spirituality, or generally scared?
 
Absolutely none of the above..... FAIL!

1. I'm highly skilled and earn six-figures every year.

2. I'm influential in my spheres, and self-sufficient.

3. My first wife, and a subsequent girl-friend were Latina.

4. I have a great and daily relationship with my God.

5. I'm HEAVILY armed, I'm not scared of a DAMNED thing!
 
Came across a recent article today that culls data from multiple studies and draws the conclusion, the majority of guns owned are stockpiled by white men who are less educated, tend to not be spiritual, dis-empowered and racially motivated.

I'm reading the background research studies because statistics is one of those things where bad conclusions are drawn if the study is not properly designed.

So far, I do not see myself at all in the study, nor do I see any of the gun owners I personally know.

Scientific American : Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns?


Are you uneducated, dis-empowered, racist, lack spirituality, or generally scared?


Must be more information put out by the geniuses who said President Trump had zero chance of being elected.
 
It would be interesting to view the demographics of all the contributors of this piece of work. Since when are socialist UK researchers qualified as experts on US culture ?
 
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Are you ...
uneducated... Hardly . Major in mechanical engineering, minor in chemistry.
dis-empowered Mid level management. Eveyone's dream
racist.. I don't care one iota about your skin color and it offends me that you do.
lack spirituality ... Spirituality is a waste of my time
Generally scared?...Hahahahaha
 
maybe just maybe people want to exercise their constitutional right?

77% of the United States race is white.

But somehow that makes us gun packin racists...?

and they wonder why Trump won....
 
I grew up on Scientific American back when it actually offered insight into scientific things and not political opinions. In the 60's, I built a 150000volt Tesla coil that could light a fluorescent tube @ 3 feet, plus a Helium Neon laser utilizing Brewster Windows, both from Scientific American articles which were explained and laid out in detail.
Now a dripping liberal agenda driven rag, along with the National Geographic, another Magazine I use to enjoy but now equally shares my disgust.
Nevermore will I turn their pages.
 
Well I am a white male...
I do own several firearms...I do not think of my collection as "stockpiling" ...

I like to think I am educated...in fact I try to always learn something new everyday as they say...:D
I teach...so I feel that I empower others...which in turn gives me happiness...
Racist...Nope...worked with far too many different people to waste my time on that...
True , I am not overly religious... But I am respectful of life and of the faith of others...
Scared?...Of what?...If I give in to being scared ... I am giving control of myself to someone or something else...and that doesn't interest me in the least...
Andy
 
Are you uneducated, dis-empowered, racist, lack spirituality, or generally scared?
Educated, not sure what dis-empowered would mean, I'm not racist as far as I can tell, I'm a God fearing protestant, and normally not scared (my lack of fear freaks some people out even).

I'm also not white. o_O
 
Articles like this simply shine a light on how arrogant, self-important, and biased those "scientists" become after living in their cloistered, intellectually incestuous little bubble worlds. They regard us as mice running in a maze, nothing more.
 
Reviewing SA's article against the "cited" works it is based off, shows quite a few were never apparently validated by peer review; majority are over 4+ years old using data even older; and finally, the SA authors cherrypicked data to prove their case not based on conclusions of the supporting articles actually statements.

Quite disappointed in SA and their editorial oversight.
 

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