America's gun culture - fading slowly?

[nhboy]

" WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Is America, land of shooting massacres in schools and public places, slowly falling out of love with guns?

The answer is yes, and it runs counter to popular perceptions of the United States as a country where most citizens are armed to the teeth and believe it is every American's inalienable right to buy an AK 47-style assault rifle with the minimum of bureaucratic paperwork.

But in fact, gun ownership in the United States has been declining steadily over more than three decades, relegating gun owners to minority status."

America's gun culture - fading slowly? Bernd Debusmann | Reuters

 

[cwo_ghwebb]

" WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Is America, land of shooting massacres in schools and public places, slowly falling out of love with guns?

Not relevant. What is relevant is that as a Constitutionally guaranteed right, as long as a single citizen wishes to own a gun, there isn't a darn thing you can do about it, minority status or not.

One thing not addressed is the number of thugs illegally owning guns. In D.C. that puts gun owners in the majority status.

 

[Novus Collectus]

Can't believe anything associated with Josh Suggarman and the VPC, they are known liars.
In 1994 about 40-45 million Americans owned a firearm. Today it is around 70-80 million Americans.
In 1994 about 25% of all adults owned a firearm. Today it is about 33%.
In 1994 there were about 190 million firearms in America. Today there are about 270 million firearms in America.
About 47% of all households now have a firearm in them these days.
http://www.pollingreport.com/guns.htm
http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSL2834893820070828

The increase in U.S. firearm business is substantiated by a record number of background checks conducted by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). The FBI data shows a 17.53 percent increase in background investigations through May of this year. At the end of May, there were 660,631 more background checks conducted than during the same period in 2006. Records have been set every month this year. In May, there was an impressive 28.22 percent surge, with 803,051 background checks, a number usually associated with the peak fall buying season.


The record-setting pace in background checks began last year, providing strong momentum for 2007. The increase in 2006 sales is validated by statistics from the Treasury Department’s Pittman-Robertson federal excise tax collection report (page 32).


Excise taxes are calculated as a percentage of wholesale receipts. In 2006, handguns posted a 21.94 percent increase over 2005, with a staggering 56.4 percent jump during the fourth quarter. Long guns had a rollercoaster year, finishing down 1.73 percent. Overall, firearms posted a 5.6 increase in excise tax collection for 2006.


Imports, long a part of the U.S. firearm market, are an important element in the recent sales surge. Using U.S. manufacturing data from the ATF and import numbers from the Foreign Trade Division (page 42), there were 4,858,493 firearms available for sale in the United States in 2005.

http://www.shootingindustry.com/Pages/SpecRep1.html

 

[cwo_ghwebb]

Can't believe anything associated with Josh Suggarman and the VPC, they are known liars.
In 1994 about 40-45 million Americans owned a firearm. Today it is around 70-80 million Americans.
In 1994 about 25% of all adults owned a firearm. Today it is about 33%.
In 1994 there were about 190 million firearms in America. Today there are about 270 million firearms in America.
About 47% of all households now have a firearm in them these days.
Guns
U.S. most armed country with 90 guns per 100 people | Reuters
U.S. Firearm Production

Thank you for posting some facts!

 

[Novus Collectus]

My pleasure.

 

[Lenny]

Can't believe anything associated with Josh Suggarman and the VPC, they are known liars.
In 1994 about 40-45 million Americans owned a firearm. Today it is around 70-80 million Americans.
In 1994 about 25% of all adults owned a firearm. Today it is about 33%.
In 1994 there were about 190 million firearms in America. Today there are about 270 million firearms in America.
About 47% of all households now have a firearm in them these days.
Guns
U.S. most armed country with 90 guns per 100 people | Reuters
U.S. Firearm Production

You probably propose that nhboy's promiscuous posting has produced a pizz poor position.

 

[cwo_ghwebb]

You probably propose that nhboy's promiscuous posting has produced a pizz poor position.

When you post from dubious sources without a comment, one assumes the poster agrees with the article.

In this case, he bent over and grabbed his ankles.

 

[Novus Collectus]

You probably propose that nhboy's promiscuous posting has produced a pizz poor position.

I think he posts some threads to illicit discussion, and not necessarily to represent his position.

 

[ImnoMensa]

I think you mean solicit, not illicit, but I believe you are basically correct although no doubt nhboy iswaaaay left of center.

 

[Novus Collectus]

I think you mean solicit, not illicit, but I believe you are basically correct although no doubt nhboy iswaaaay left of center.

Well I'll be damned, I've been misspelling that word for years.
I actually meant "elicit".

 

[nhboy]

America's gun culture -... 01-11-2008 05:50 AM dadada

America's gun culture -... 01-11-2008 07:14 AM yes it is.... And your posts are worthless