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WhiskeyGrinder

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22. Yes.

Wed Feb 21, 2018, 10:52 AM

Feb 2018

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/

It's a stat that's interesting to me and I think helps explain why people who want change when it comes to regulating guns sometimes feel outnumbered, even though gun owners are a minority. People who don't own guns but see themselves as possibly owning one someday also want to keep their options open.

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Never owned a gun, never will. [View all] LuckyCharms Feb 2018 OP

You can always canfeild123 Feb 2018 #1

It's kind of strange when I look back on my life... LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #2

Me too. Dave Starsky Feb 2018 #8

Have you ever seen the video of that cop... LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #9

Was the cop's name Bernard P. Fife? Dave Starsky Feb 2018 #16

LOL...yes close to this. I found the video... LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #17

That is simultaneously terrifying and hilarious. Dave Starsky Feb 2018 #20

This one cracks me up every time Hassin Bin Sober Feb 2018 #43

LOL...I try not to laugh, but I can't help it. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #52

OMG! Egnever Feb 2018 #51

PS, welcome to DU, canfeild123 LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #3

I think if you grew up in rural America, on a farm or in the wilderness I can see the need. Fla Dem Feb 2018 #39

Rattlesnakes? I've had plenty of encounters with those. Nothing to get the guns out for. hunter Feb 2018 #61

I grew up in a family of hunter who ate the meat trixie2 Feb 2018 #67

I feel the same as you do. Never owned one, never wanted one, Wwcd Feb 2018 #4

I was just pondering that... LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #5

In my opinion, "I'm a responsible, law-abiding gun-owner, but..." Aristus Feb 2018 #6

I tend to agree. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #7

I think it was either the same day or the same week as Sandy Hook. Aristus Feb 2018 #10

Yep...another one that I've been seeing a lot of lately... LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #11

To that I say loyalsister Feb 2018 #71

Yang Qingpei killed 19 on September 29, 2016 in his home village with a knife. On 18 September... Marengo Feb 2018 #33

Like you, I've never owned a gun and never desired to own a gun. Arkansas Granny Feb 2018 #12

Love the last sentence. Iggo Feb 2018 #13

. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #15

Me too, but I am 55. BigmanPigman Feb 2018 #38

Same here. ananda Feb 2018 #14

. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #18

More than half the people who don't own a gun now could see themselves doing so in the future. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #19

Do you have a link for that? LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #21

Yes. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #22

OK thanks. I'll look at it, but that does not change my opinion LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #23

Oh, I wasn't trying to change your opinion. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #24

Do you know many people who have fired a gun at someone in self-defense... LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #26

A couple who have done the latter. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #29

Did they have a gun pointed at them when this happened? LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #30

One, no; don't know about the others. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #34

"a valuable part of self-protection..." hunter Feb 2018 #35

Nor I. tavernier Feb 2018 #25

That is your choice (and I respect it) melm00se Feb 2018 #27

How many people do you know that have used a gun for self-defense? LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #28

Lived out in the country and used one to safeinOhio Feb 2018 #36

Agree. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #37

If you are in by the time the street safeinOhio Feb 2018 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Feb 2018 #69

Not everyone melm00se Feb 2018 #41

I have made it 53 years without one. logosoco Feb 2018 #31

same...nt G_j Feb 2018 #32

Me neither. I'm 70 and was actually threatened for video taping illegal sinkingfeeling Feb 2018 #40

Never owned a gun, can't imagine a situation where I ever would. Stonepounder Feb 2018 #42

I have the best kind of "gun" leftieNanner Feb 2018 #44

We have to convince the gun lovers that we don't want to take away their guns FakeNoose Feb 2018 #45

I owned one when I was a police officer (when dinosaurs roamed the earth). Vinca Feb 2018 #46

Same here NRaleighLiberal Feb 2018 #47

No guns for me Vanessa Rose Feb 2018 #48

Welcome to DU! n/t LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #49

Thank you Vanessa Rose Feb 2018 #65

I've owned a number of guns over the years. Paladin Feb 2018 #50

I don't let anyone I'd care to shoot live in my head. hunter Feb 2018 #53

You are far BRAVER than anyone who needs a gun for courage. joanbarnes Feb 2018 #54

Thank you for saying that, but I'm far from brave. LuckyCharms Feb 2018 #56

Me either extvbroadcaster Feb 2018 #55

I don't currently own a gun, jb5150 Feb 2018 #57

This is where the debate gets stuck... DaDeacon Feb 2018 #58

But they come to the argument with their own absolute: Second Amendment, so fuck you. Iggo Feb 2018 #59

that's true, sometimes but... DaDeacon Feb 2018 #60

We've been coming to them with baby steps for years. Iggo Feb 2018 #62

yes we have DaDeacon Feb 2018 #64

start by considering the NRA a fucking TERRORIST organziation Skittles Feb 2018 #70

YMMV -exactly correct. aikoaiko Feb 2018 #63

Grew up the son of a Marine...around guns my whole life. Like shooting them jmg257 Feb 2018 #68