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5. Fewer people are into hunting today. Me and my friends all hunted back when we

Reply to grumpyduck (Original post)

Tue Jun 20, 2023, 11:03 AM

Jun 2023

younger but today everyone has their property posted so you are forced to hunt on state
hunting areas. A lot of my generation has quit hunting and young people are not as into it as we were.
That is why the gun lobby has been spreading fear of crime, they want to sell AR15s and semi-auto pistols.

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Are guns a generational thing? [View all] grumpyduck Jun 2023 OP

No I don't think so. redstatebluegirl Jun 2023 #1

No. It's anecdotal, but I know quite a few young people, most of whom are marginalized in some way, WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2023 #2

A lot of things have a demographic wave behind them bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #3

Older folks attended school in fear of nuclear war. There has been an uneasy moratorium on them. usonian Jun 2023 #4

Fewer people are into hunting today. Me and my friends all hunted back when we doc03 Jun 2023 #5

I think you are on.point. sinkingfeeling Jun 2023 #6

I read a few years ago that 6% of population hunted at least one time in a year. That's not a lot. Silent Type Jun 2023 #13

No. CentralMass Jun 2023 #7

Anecdotally, there seems to be sarisataka Jun 2023 #8

Don't think so DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2023 #9

Watching old westerns from the 50s. Accepted behavior is pointing a gun at someone and forcing them Walleye Jun 2023 #10

No. Guns are glamorous. Guns are video games. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #11

i just finished watching all 23 seasons of MidSomer Murders....what a BRILLIANT series samnsara Jun 2023 #15

I'm not defending guns. Although we have had nine guns at one time. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #19

I love that show. Diamond_Dog Jun 2023 #22

Nope. I see more younger people buying guns than older people. Autumn Jun 2023 #12

im 73 and i remember parties in my 20s where someone was said to have a gun and you know what? samnsara Jun 2023 #14

I seriously doubt it. Do you have sales figures that indicate otherwise? emulatorloo Jun 2023 #16

I saw an ad for a children's game the other day... Initech Jun 2023 #17

What game was that?? sarisataka Jun 2023 #20

I don't know, but it was on that Temu junk site. Initech Jun 2023 #21

To some percentage, they're a phallic symbol. usonian Jun 2023 #18

Most people in the U.S.A. don't care enough about guns to tolerate all the bother of owning one. hunter Jun 2023 #23

It's a long term propaganda thing by the RW that turned the NRA into salesmen for gun manufacturers Hekate Jun 2023 #24

clearly not unless you mean in growth of guns Recycle_Guru Jun 2023 #25