Gun Control & RKBA

Nuclear Unicorn

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44. "Guns are being sold more & more to the same gun owners."

Mon Jan 5, 2015, 01:02 PM

Jan 2015

Yes, that's what I wrote when I said sales were up while households are down. I don't need statistics as much as you need reading comprehension -- and a nap.

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Pew Research Admits Flaw in Poll Used to Attack Strong Gun Control Laws [View all] Fred Sanders Dec 2014 OP

What does the chart sarisataka Dec 2014 #1

I know you folk hate that chart so I put it up...... even though it is totally unrelated to gun control. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #2

I do dislike the chart sarisataka Dec 2014 #4

It is a disingenuous chart hack89 Dec 2014 #8

It is so in your face true and irrefutable and horrible it is hard to say much, I get it. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #9

It shows a steadily declining murder rate hack89 Dec 2014 #10

OP fails to adjust for population growth, deceptive chart shows only total deaths. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #16

"not perfect" = "flawed"? Straw Man Dec 2014 #3

The Anti-Cilvil liberty folks.. virginia mountainman Dec 2014 #6

LOL I wonder when all the "flawed" data.. virginia mountainman Dec 2014 #5

guns don't have rights....as progressives we need to support basic human rights. ileus Dec 2014 #7

Apparently, deaths by both have been falling. That's very good news. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #11

Now I know why you hate charts, you can not read them! Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #14

Do some math. Are those deaths per 100,000 or total deaths? NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #15

Not just hard, it's really nuts discntnt_irny_srcsm Jan 2015 #34

The headline seems to overstate what Pew actually 'admitted' - it's not a perfect petronius Dec 2014 #12

Rights are not subject to opinion polls. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #13

PEW: US Gun Death Rates roughly HALF what 1993 Rates were. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #17

A per capita chart and a whole numbers chart are not tweaks, they are different charts. Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #18

Wow you really need help with statistics, don't you? NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #19

Well then you should speak to a mod about the article as you describe it, is there one around? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #20

You're very coy. We don't have mods and your graph is crap. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #21

More from PEW: Good news, progress for progressive gun rights supporters! From the OP sources! NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #22

gun ownership rates declined along with gun homicide rates jimmy the one Dec 2014 #23

The ownership numbers are suspect. People unlikely to self-report ownership, distrustful of Gov. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #25

In 1973 when the survey was taken that showed 49% of people had a firearm in their ... spin Dec 2014 #29

lying skills demonstration jimmy the one Jan 2015 #37

Are you accusing Spin of lying? Of being on drugs or alcohol? GGJohn Jan 2015 #38

freedom of spitch jimmy the one Jan 2015 #40

You don't have freedom of speech on a private website. GGJohn Jan 2015 #42

lying skills demonstration, demonstrated jimmy the one Jan 2015 #45

Sorry, but the only weird logic here is yours if you think you have freedom of speech on this site. GGJohn Jan 2015 #46

alive & well jimmy the one Jan 2015 #51

at least the RKBA side Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #54

sanctuaries can be created jimmy the one Jan 2015 #55

As I said before Duckhunter935 Jan 2015 #56

I rarely lie but I do spin. (n/t) spin Jan 2015 #50

Eh? Straw Man Jan 2015 #43

Laughable. Utterly laughable. beevul Jan 2015 #47

I really think he does believe the bull execrement he's shoveling here. eom GGJohn Jan 2015 #48

nixon in 1971, on revolvers & handguns jimmy the one Jan 2015 #52

It sounds like the main difference... beevul Jan 2015 #53

Our of curiosity where were you living in 1950s ... spin Jan 2015 #49

Read it & weep, 2ndA mythology exposed jimmy the one Dec 2014 #24

My post above puts your little claims to shames, Jimmy. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #26

PS, what are the self-reported rates for illicit drug ownership? Kinky porn ownership? NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #27

Notice how gun fun men reject all facts, which are all facts, contrary to their set in metal beliefs, Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #28

Like the OP sarisataka Dec 2014 #30

The OP is quite willing to accept poll results without question- when he *agrees* with the results: friendly_iconoclast Jan 2015 #36

Notice how Gallup survey shows 2014 has lowest number of "no guns in home" reponses in 20 years? NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #31

You mean now today ownership is higher than in 1983, and many recent years also, that "trend"? Fred Sanders Dec 2014 #32

No, I mean the Gallup survey shows 2014 has lowest number of "no guns in home" reponses in 20 years. NYC_SKP Dec 2014 #33

So gun PURCHASES are UP while gun HOUSEHOLDS are DOWN Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #35

switch to semi autos jimmy the one Jan 2015 #39

Snarkiness aside. GGJohn Jan 2015 #41

"Guns are being sold more & more to the same gun owners." Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2015 #44