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In reply to the discussion: Never owned a gun, never will. [View all]WhiskeyGrinder
(22,307 posts)22. Yes.
http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/
It's a stat that's interesting to me and I think helps explain why people who want change when it comes to regulating guns sometimes feel outnumbered, even though gun owners are a minority. People who don't own guns but see themselves as possibly owning one someday also want to keep their options open.
It's a stat that's interesting to me and I think helps explain why people who want change when it comes to regulating guns sometimes feel outnumbered, even though gun owners are a minority. People who don't own guns but see themselves as possibly owning one someday also want to keep their options open.
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I think if you grew up in rural America, on a farm or in the wilderness I can see the need.
Fla Dem
Feb 2018
#39
Rattlesnakes? I've had plenty of encounters with those. Nothing to get the guns out for.
hunter
Feb 2018
#61
Yang Qingpei killed 19 on September 29, 2016 in his home village with a knife. On 18 September...
Marengo
Feb 2018
#33
More than half the people who don't own a gun now could see themselves doing so in the future.
WhiskeyGrinder
Feb 2018
#19
We have to convince the gun lovers that we don't want to take away their guns
FakeNoose
Feb 2018
#45