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In reply to the discussion: Customer shoots bank robber in Warren [View all]branford
(4,462 posts)Approximately 1 in 3 American adults admit to lawfully owning a firearm in the USA based on data from the Brady Law Center and Injury Prevention and Control Center, hardly bastions of pro-gun rights propaganda, and given the contentious nature of such a question, the ownership rate may well be higher.
http://www.techtimes.com/articles/64860/20150630/study-shows-1-in-every-3-americans-owns-a-firearm.htm
http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/early/2015/06/09/injuryprev-2015-041586
http://www.statisticbrain.com/gun-ownership-statistics-demographics/
If you really believe that all those many tens of millions people are redneck "militia types and yahoos getting gunz," your arrogance, ignorance and bigotry is truly astounding. Lawful gun owners represent every demographic of society, including a great many liberal Democrats, particularly in important purple states.
The condescension and disdain of people like you really helps explain why elected Democrats have been decimated in the South and much of the Midewest, and Republicans control the Senate, have their largest majority in the House in generations, and control a clear majority of statehouses and goverorships. I thought our Party might have learned it lessons after Clinton's loss of Congress after the Assault Weapons Ban and Gore's presidential loss in his home state of Tennessee, to say nothing of our recent losses in every national election since 2008. I was obviously, and sadly, mistaken.