Just three percent of adults own half of America’s guns

[Lee-Lee]

31. It makes sense, most people own guns as tools and are not collectors

So they usually trade in when buying another of the same type. A person who owns a handgun for self defense will rarely see need for more than one or two, same for hunters with rifles or shotguns.

Heck, I teach firearms safety and have guns I haven't fired in years just because I want examples of all kinds of actions so my students learn to safely handle them and I still am not in that top 3%.

But like collectors of anything, people who collect and see them as an investment will have a lot more.

Pretty much all those people DU is mocking and vilifying here will be those who are collecting 50-100+ year old guns and will be very law abiding, well educated people who won't ever commit a crime with their vintage WWI bolt action rifles or WWII M1 Garand or 1920's shotgun.

Of course, I question any poll that asks about firearms- I will post here about what I own because I am very careful about online anonymity, but if someone called my home or cell phone asking about how many guns I own the answer would be none- because that would be a great way for criminals to try and find places to rob.