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Gun Ownership Rate Hits Record Low
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"The number of Americans who live in a household with at least one gun is lower than it has ever been, according to a major American trend survey that finds the decline in gun ownership is paralleled by a reduction in the number of Americans who hunt. According to the latest General Social Survey, 32% of Americans either own a firearm themselves or live with someone who does, which ties a record low set in 2010. That marks a significant decline since the late 1970s and early 1980s, when about half of Americans told researchers there was a gun in their household. In 1977, 32% said they lived in a household with at least one hunter, but less than half that number say so now." ...
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SUBMITTER'S COMMENT: I suspect that fewer people are willing to tell a pollster they own guns |
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Millwright66
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| Sure everyone with anything valuable will tell every telephone pollster about it. |
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