Gun ownership down across the board

ANYONE with half a brain can deduce from the published stats on guns sold, NICS checks made, new CHL applications through the roof, . . . among other items of news, . . . that the purveyors of this trash are just about 16 ounces shy of a full pint.
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Unless there's a black hole somewhere gobbling up guns, I'm not sure how they can claim ownership is down. Consider the number of NICS checks as one benchmark:

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That number doesn't include private sales, guns handed down or inherited, or sales made in areas where a carry permit exempts the buyer from a NICS check. The actual number is far higher.

The strategy behind the article is FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt).
 
Looking at GSS results, they seem to be highly variable from year to year with regards to gun ownership.

For example, in 1987, 48.6% of households reported owning guns. In 1988, the number was 43.4%. In 1989, the number was 48.9%. Do we really believe that gun ownership took a big jump down from 1987 to 1988 then bounced back to essentially the same level it was in 1987 in 1989? Did gun ownership really change or is there some flaw in the way it is measured?
 
How many people are going to take a survey where they admit to owning a gun?

Perhaps people these days simply are more conscious of protecting their privacy.
 
"How many people are going to take a survey where they admit to owning a gun?

Perhaps people these days simply are more conscious of protecting their privacy"

Aaaand we have a winner Ladies and Gentleman!

This study relies on self reporting of behavior rather than facts and investigation.
All you are measuring is peoples attitudes toward the revealing of the fact that they own guns.
You have not seen or counted any of physical objects in question, therefore it is useless as an empirical study of ownership, and only useful as a study in attitude toward the revealing of gun ownership.
 
To play Devils Advocate, you can't really use NICS as a gauge for how many households have a gun. If one person went to 5 different stores in a day, or say, the same store, 5 days in a row, that would be 5 separate NICS checks.

At least, that's what the Anti's would say. I do know better. More guns are being bought, and at a higher rate than ever before. NRA memberships are increasing at a, from what I understand, an unprecedented rate. Consider that, with the fact that most gun owners would deny having guns if a pollster called them...and we have a pretty good idea that the MSM spin machine is in full effect.
 
I would be willing to gamble my bottom back left molar (probably going to lose it anyway) that more than 80 percent of households have at least one gun.
 
BuzzCook

You may have been correct for Dec. '12 and Jan.'13. But right now there are plenty of legitmate guns sales at gunshows to 1st time buyers, and a lot of 1st time buyers are waltzing into LGSs wanting to buy, 'Any Pistol'.

Until the facts come out in a few months...who knows. The more Citizens on our side the better.
 
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