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Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w... by zepto on Sunday February 07, 2021 @03:04PM (#26057736)
Sure, so let’s stop counting those people as though they are against gun ownership.
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Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w... by paulie_a on Sunday February 07, 2021 @03:11PM (#26057799)
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

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Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w... by zepto on Sunday February 07, 2021 @03:24PM (#26057888)
> the average American does not own a gun

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

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Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w... by galangalalgol on Sunday February 07, 2021 @07:20PM (#26059483)
Actually if we do the math that way everyone owns about 1.1 guns.
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Re:NRA bankruptcy lets critics peer into gun lobby’s inner w... by zepto on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:34PM (#26067519)
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.

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