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In reply to the discussion: 20 years of data show Austrailias gun control laws work [View all]DonP
(6,185 posts)Every state in the union has shrinking gun ownership, ... except the two that actually can measure new gun owners with state issued ownership/registration cards for purchase.
When in doubt choose the estimate that best fits your agenda and world view.
It's an article of their religious level belief that they are really in the "mainstream", the Gallup and all those other polls that show a growing acceptance and approval of ownership are all wrong and guns are fading from the scene, just not quite fast enough for them.
Millennials, women and minorities just aren't interested in guns or the shooting sports, "Because I said so dammit!!" Of course it doesn't match with the make up of the CCW classes I've been teaching for the last 2 years either. But they all know better.
Of course that also means the three new large, and expensive ranges/stores/shooting clubs opening up, just on the Southwest side of Chicago alone, are really very poor business people willing to lose millions of $ opening a business with a shrinking demand.