Fewer and Fewer Americans Own Guns

[Electric Monk]

Household gun ownership in America is on a steady, long-term decline.

That's according to data from the latest edition of the General Social Survey (GSS), which is conducted by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago.



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In 1980, 23.5 percent of those under 35 owned a gun while 27.4 percent of those 65 years of age and older owned a gun, an age gap of 3.9 percentage points. By 2014, this gap had expanded to 16.4 percentage points, with gun ownership dropping to 14 percent among those under 35 and increasing to 30.4 percent for those 65 years of age and older.

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The facts are these. A clear majority -- two thirds -- of Americans don't have guns in their homes. Almost four out of five Americans don't personally own a gun. And as the gun-owning population continues to age and die off, fewer Americans are taking their place.

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/josh-sugarmann/fewer-and-fewer-americans_b_7382326.html

[HassleCat]

1. Makes Sense

I grew up in a rural area, learned to hunt, liked guns, even reloaded my own ammunition. Now I live in the suburbs, sort of, don't hunt anymore, and only have a couple handguns I use to shoot at tin cans. As more and more people live in urban areas, fewer of them will see the need to have firearms. Of course, the NRA wants them all to buy Glocks to defend themselves against young men wearing hoodies, but most people realize they don't want to be like George Zimmerman.

[Hoyt]

2. Unfortunately, those that do are more likely racist, meaner, have little regard for others insociety

more look kely to need multiple weapons to satisfy their questionable needs, and worse.

[Fred Sanders]

3. Folks may have truly come to realize weapons of mass destruction do not belong in most households. The first

step in gun safety and responsible gun ownership is not to own one.

[randys1]

4. Thank god people are growing up.

Just in time for climate change to wipe out their ass

I know, not funny, but cant you just see Inhofe underwater after the tides rise and swallow him and his house

[mwrguy]

5. Eventually the voting block will be small enough that we can overcome it completely.