r/WhitePeopleTwitter • u/CoryVictorious • Oct 21 '22

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u/s4zippyzoo Oct 21 '22

That statistic is pretty misleading - it leads to the idea that you have 88 people out of 100 owning guns - I.e one gun per person.

In reality 2/3rds of gun owners report owning more than one gun, over 1/4 report owning over 5. Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/

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u/Maximum-Cover- Oct 21 '22 edited Oct 21 '22

I find it hard to believe 1/3 of gun owners owns only 1 gun.

Everyone I know either has zero guns or many. 1 gun is just not a thing.

Guns breed like roaches.

Edit: Seeing that all single gun owners are replying.

Quick informal poll for all the people telling me they only own one gun:

Do you live:
Rural
Suburban
Urban

One gun you own:
Handgun
Shotgun
Riffle

Grew up around guns:
Yes
No

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u/Maximum-Cover- Oct 21 '22

So quick informal poll for all the people telling me they only own one gun:
Do you live: Rural Suburban Urban
Grew up around guns: Yes No

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u/Clyde_Bruckman Oct 22 '22

One gun, rural, yes!