Gun Ownership Declining?

[BE Mike]

With the shortages of ammo and the sales of guns very high, it is hard to believe that gun ownership is declining. Major survey shows gun ownership declining - AOL.com

 

[bart1533]

I agree. I was just telling my wife that everything is making hard to afford gun anymore.. it's a shame..

 

[VSP1340]

With newspapers printing permit holders addresses and government control threatening freedom, I wouldn't be surprised if people were afraid to answer those survey questions honestly.

 

[1775usmarine]

I heard about this last night on the radio, yet the FBI is saying there was a record number of people getting called in for background checks. Makes me think the sample size is too small to make a definite conclusion as well as with the margin of error.

 

[saintnick81]

Does this data take into account the increase in the number of households? The percentage of households with guns may have declined, but isn't it possible that the number of gun owners has increased or remained constant?

 

[BE Mike]

This may be a local thing, but after Clinton left office it seemed like more and more little gun shops opened their doors and most are still open for business. With the number of states that now allow the carrying of weapons with licenses/ permits, the sales of handguns are up. More and more manufacturers are coming on the scene with handguns and new models. If ownership is declining, how can they justify such business decisions? Something doesn't look right. There is also this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iRgqnMsRFk

 

[DRob]

Fuggedaboutit! Polls can be, and usually are, designed to predetermine the results. For example, do you think any poll conducted on INGO is not going to show a pro-2A result? Craft the questions correctly and pick your sample, the desired results are guaranteed!

 

[bmiley1963]

Keep in mind this article is on an AOL site and the survey comes out of Washington. Most media outlets are left wing minded and we all know of the liberal mindset in Washington. I say that just to say that surveys can be skewed to say just about anything you want them to say. To offset that, I have also read a survey that background checks have gone up significantly which means there are people trying to buy firearms. Again, a survey.

 

[BE Mike]

There is definitely a difference in the Gallup Poll and this one. I'm not a statistician, but the difference seems significant to me. Section 3: Gun Ownership Trends and Demographics | Pew Research Center for the People and the Press

 

[pudly]

Those stats don't seem to match up with the following facts: record gun sales, increasing number of people taking firearms training, and women being the fastest growing segment of firearms owners. I think it is much more likely that firearms owners aren't willing to tell strangers that they own firearms, particularly with the current regulatory threats around the nation. I'd be among that latter group.

 

[avboiler11]

How many INGOers actually answer and participate in phone polls?

I know I don't.

EDIT TO ADD: Google sez there are roughly 121.1 million households in the USA. 32% of that is 38.75 million households owning firearms...Census Bureau has average household size of 2.63 occupants meaning nearly 102 million people have firearms in their home.

Lies, damn lies, statistics, etc.

 

[churchmouse]

With the shortages of ammo and the sales of guns very high, it is hard to believe that gun ownership is declining. Major survey shows gun ownership declining - AOL.com

Stir the pot, screw with the numbers, it has to fit the narrative.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Funny how as the article I read said both that households with at least one gun in them are falling and that the support for gun control legislation is as low as it's been since 1987. Add that to facts some other posters mentioned above about sales, ammo shortages, women taking them up, etc...I'm more than a little skeptical about the findings of this poll.

American Gun Ownership Falls To Record Low: Survey

 

[Mark 1911]

Funny how as the article I read said both that households with at least one gun in them are falling and that the support for gun control legislation is as low as it's been since 1987. Add that to facts some other posters mentioned above about sales, ammo shortages, women taking them up, etc...I'm more than a little skeptical about the findings of this poll.

American Gun Ownership Falls To Record Low: Survey

Maybe there's been an increase in boating accidents since 1987 too.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Maybe there's been an increase in boating accidents since 1987 too.

 

[Mark 1911]

With the shortages of ammo and the sales of guns very high, it is hard to believe that gun ownership is declining. Major survey shows gun ownership declining - AOL.com

Could be that with all the anti-gun rhetoric and attempts to squelch the second amendment by those sworn to uphold it, and so many other negative consequences for legal gun ownership, perhaps gun owners are just getting wise about how they fill out surveys on gun ownership. Gun owner? Me? What's a gun?

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Could be that with all the anti-gun rhetoric and attempts to squelch the second amendment by those sworn to uphold it, and so many other negative consequences for legal gun ownership, perhaps gun owners are just getting wise about how they fill out surveys on gun ownership. Gun owner? Me? What's a gun?

They're probably too busy searching for 22LR and hoarding M855's to take the time to fill them out.

 

[Mark 1911]

They're probably too busy searching for 22LR and hoarding M855's to take the time to fill them out.

Or overpriced .45acp!

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Or overpriced .45acp!

 

[zippy23]

no way, gun ownership is up, and has been going up for a while, its possible less people are buying as many guns right now since the past couple years they have spent all their money buying guns. AR's are "cheap" now. Less are being moved but that doesnt mean that less people have them.