Do you have a source for this?

It was my understanding that the majority of American households owned at least one firearm.

Edit: I found this [1], but the numbers seem a bit questionable. Even if you take them at face value, 44% doesn't seem to qualify as a vocal minority.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/264932/percentage-americans-own...

Household is different than person

Just because someones father has a gun doesnt make the kid a gunowner or say anything about their attitude towards 2A

Sure, so let’s stop counting those people as though they are against gun ownership.

Im just saying that they are automatically being included as pro gun whereas the measurement should be individual gun ownership. Not the household stat which is obviously used to make it look more impressive.

And remember it's not binary, a lot of people are indifferent and many want more gun restrictions and some want less

Back to my original point is the average american does not own a gun

> the average American does not own a gun

Remember it’s not binary - the average American owns approximately 40% of a gun.

Actually if we do the math that way everyone owns about 1.1 guns.

Not really - if people own guns for home defense, then it’s reasonable not to buy one for each person in a household, and yet those people are still part of a gun owning group that happens not to need one each.

I presume each family member in such a household doesn’t each own their own vacuum cleaner or stove, either.

It’s not reasonable to count all these people as ‘gun owners’ in their own right, but it’s also not reasonable to pretend it’s binary.

That is true, less than a third. That is a pretty large minority as minorities go. And almost half 48% live in a house with a firearm. 72% have fired one. It isn't an unusual aspect of life in the US by any definition.