Are You A Super Gun-Owner?
BY Herschel Smith
8 years, 2 months ago
There are hundreds of millions of guns in the United States—enough, according to several estimates, for every American civilian adult to own more than one.
But actual gun ownership is far more lopsided than that.
A sweeping new survey by researchers at Harvard University and Northeastern University finds that roughly half of the nearly 300 million firearms in the United States are concentrated in the hands of a tiny sliver of the U.S. population: Just 3 percent of American adults own some 130 million guns, according to The Trace and Guardian US, two news organizations that first reported on the survey. (The full survey has not yet been released; Guardian US and The Trace reported plans to publish a series of stories about the findings throughout the week.)
This portrait of gun ownership represents the equivalent of about 17 guns per person among a group of “super-owners,” the 7.7 million Americans who own between eight and 140 guns each.
Surveys also show that The Trace and Guardian are full of crap. Here is a tip for all of you aspiring “gun researchers.” Are you listening? No, I mean really listening closely?
Fifty years ago someone might have been honest with you about their gun ownership. Maybe. And just maybe you could have demonstrated that you met the requirements to be taken seriously for legitimate statistics. I would have to review the data. Or better, I would have had to review the data. That was then, this is now.
Today, very few gun owners are going to be honest with you about their gun ownership, if you can even get them to talk to you. Your data is meaningless. All of it. Every last bit of it. It’s worthless. Have a nice day.
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On September 19, 2016 at 10:37 pm, UNCLEELMO said:
Is it possible that this ‘survey’ was conducted by two liberal universities for the express purpose of driving an agenda? Could they have possibly wanted to gin up yet more fear of gun owners in the hope of inciting people to contact their Congressional representatives to urge them to pass stricter ‘gun control’ laws? Could these two universities possibly be so unethical and underhanded that they would author a dishonest report in order to achieve a preferred policy preference?
The answer to all three of these questions is ‘Yes’.
On September 20, 2016 at 7:42 am, Frank Clarke said:
HS: Precisely. There’s no way to verify that any particular survey respondent is being truthful, and the topic is one for which some (many?) respondents may have reason to be less-than-truthful.
Worthless. I, myself, for example, have never owned a firearm.
On September 20, 2016 at 9:20 am, Herschel Smith said:
“I, myself, for example, have never owned a firearm.”
I’m glad to hear it. Neither have I. And neither do I. And neither will I ever own one of those damnable things. Live and let live. That’s what I always say.
On September 21, 2016 at 12:40 am, Nomo Doltz said:
What if you want to live and somebody else just got out of jail or Gitmo and decided to go after you and your family? Call the nearest super owner?
On September 20, 2016 at 10:52 am, Fred said:
I sold all of mine, because; “the children”.
On September 21, 2016 at 12:39 am, Nomo Doltz said:
Me too, for the kids. One is a Marine and had a few too. Glocks are difficult not to own. As are some others in the right price area.
On September 24, 2016 at 4:28 pm, Buckeye conservative said:
BS: store your weapons properly and there is no concern. Get real man
On September 20, 2016 at 9:23 am, chad said:
Well, they didn’t ask me. Of course that’s because I never answer phone calls with an ID of ‘survey’ or ‘poll’, and ‘no ID’ calls are automatically blocked. Most, if not all, surveys have an agenda of one sort or another; otherwise why go to the trouble?
Unless they survey “everybody” via the latest lie detection technology, the results can have no value.
So yes…worthless.
I have tried over the years to get others to take up my hobby: Always lie to pollsters. Just because.
I wonder how many others do the same.
On September 20, 2016 at 9:47 am, Haywood Jablome said:
I was just discussing this with some of my coworkers this morning. Not a single one of us avid hunters and shooters owns a firearm. Weird.
On September 21, 2016 at 12:42 am, Nomo Doltz said:
Good thing we are kept track of, thats never been a bad thing considering Hitler and Stalin and those guys. But what time is the game on?
On September 20, 2016 at 9:54 am, Onlooker from Troy said:
Exactly right. I don’t waste my time answering any surveys, much less a gun survey. No way do I let some stranger calling me know whether or not (and to what degree) I am armed.
On September 20, 2016 at 10:50 am, Fred said:
Herschel, You are correct. The survey found 1) the folks who would admit to gun ownership and 2) the proud collectors who love to discuss their collections and are especially fond of that civil war relic, they managed to get, that has quadrupled in value since they traded that old Chevy for it.
These surveys are useless. Gun owners, keep up the good work. Tell them you sold all your guns because; “the children.”
HA HA HA HA
On September 20, 2016 at 12:47 pm, CI said:
“Today, very few gun owners are going to be honest with you about their gun ownership, if you can even get them to talk to you. Your data is meaningless. All of it. Every last bit of it. It’s worthless. Have a nice day.”
AMEN brother!!
On September 20, 2016 at 11:33 pm, TheAlaskan said:
Well….I DO own a firearm….and a backhoe.