Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

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5. Uh-huh. They are in deep denial.

Wed May 27, 2015, 09:18 AM

May 2015

At most, this tracks gun-owner trust in pollsters from Chicago. (And are the GSS interviews randomized nationwide, or are they clustered in/around Chicago? Because Chicago, and Illinois in general, are severe outliers from national gun-ownership norms.)

The GSS data is also wildly divergent from other gun-ownership metrics that are less prone to underreporting, such as NICS data, carry licence data, and surveys that at least attempt to preserve anonymity.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/1645/Guns.aspx

Even with anonymous polling, the sharp decrease in self-reported ownership after the Third Way made lawful gun owners Public Enemy Number One in 1993-1994 is noteworthy. To take the self-reported answers at face value would be to imagine that 20+ million gun owners suddenly became non-gun-owners in the space of 4 years, despite gun sales and gun license applications doubling or tripling in that time.

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Fewer and Fewer Americans Own Guns [View all] GGJohn May 2015 OP

Yet somehow sates issue record numbers of carry permits each year. davepc May 2015 #1

Absolutely correct. GGJohn May 2015 #3

Fewer and fewer Americans honestly answering questions on the phone from strangers Lurks Often May 2015 #2

The General Social Survey benEzra May 2015 #6

Anecdotal is anecdotal... Human101948 May 2015 #7

No, you've virtually met people who may or may not tell you that they own guns. GGJohn May 2015 #9

Yep! I am a gun owner and I tell them so... Human101948 May 2015 #12

Good for you, I refuse to tell any annonymous pollsters that I may own firearms. GGJohn May 2015 #14

I'm curious. Do you ask everyone you meet if they own a gun? Demit May 2015 #11

It comes up in conversation about shootings and dumbass things that people do with guns... Human101948 May 2015 #15

This message was self-deleted by its author GGJohn May 2015 #17

Is that "obsession with other people's genitalia", an "Uncle Ruckus", or both? friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #40

No, but I recognize that my data is anecdotal Lurks Often May 2015 #23

Lakes are shallower these days... pipoman May 2015 #4

We're going on a 9hr kayak float fishing trip this weekend. ileus May 2015 #20

LOL! Eleanors38 May 2015 #29

Uh-huh. They are in deep denial. benEzra May 2015 #5

Maybe they actually quadrupled or quintupled! Human101948 May 2015 #8

And how is responsible for that so called paranoia? eom. GGJohn May 2015 #10

I don't know how... Human101948 May 2015 #13

Ooops, meant to type who. GGJohn May 2015 #16

Ah! You at least take the Political Theory of Gun-Owner Paranoia seriously.... Eleanors38 May 2015 #30

Hi, this the HONEST SURVEY COMPANY... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #31

Yes, a broken VRT T.V. that weighs a ton. pleeeeeze.... nt Eleanors38 May 2015 #32

Nudge... discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #34

What reputable poll backs up gallup? jimmy the one May 2015 #24

more bad for gallup jimmy the one May 2015 #25

Let's make this simple for the control types Shamash May 2015 #18

In todays political climate you'd be insane to answer a question like this. ileus May 2015 #19

Allow me to simplify sarisataka May 2015 #21

That pretty much sums it up. eom. GGJohn May 2015 #22

Pardon my dissent on this (sticks up hat on stick to draw fire)..... LongTomH May 2015 #26

Let me count the ways discntnt_irny_srcsm May 2015 #33

Gun Households HockeyMom May 2015 #27

A curious turn in the rhetoric of "paranoid gun-owners".... Eleanors38 May 2015 #28

You're absolutely right! Obama is coming to take your guns! Human101948 May 2015 #35

Old stuff. Do you really take your own stand seriously? Eleanors38 May 2015 #36

You are the one arguing for paranoia... Human101948 May 2015 #38

And you are the one "Phelpsing" other DUers: friendly_iconoclast May 2015 #41

Sorry but "whoosh" as the expression goes. I don't ask my friends because.... Eleanors38 May 2015 #45

If you were serious about the gun control "issue," you might see Obama's dilemma... Eleanors38 May 2015 #46

One of the best metrics for measuring new gun owners involves firearm training...... pablo_marmol May 2015 #37

You are judge and jury...that's swell! Human101948 May 2015 #39

"You might be right but then again you may be wrong." pablo_marmol May 2015 #42

Still waiting for one of the "fewer gun owners" believers to explain Illinois? DonP May 2015 #43

bet all you get are Duckhunter935 May 2015 #44