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Gun Control Reform Activism

jimmy the one

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3. More Smarts, Less Guns!

Reply to billh58 (Original post)

Sat Apr 12, 2014, 12:00 PM

Apr 2014

Gun ownership goes down as educational level increases (why am I not surprised?)
HS or less 41%, Some College 43%
college grad 33%, postgrad 32%

From GSS website, Household gunownership drops from 50% in 70's to 33% now:
In 2010, less than a third of American households reported having a gun in the home.
Graphic II: Household Gun Ownership in the United States, 1973 to 2010
1973 49.1 ...1977 54.0 ...1980 50.8 ... 1990 45.8 ... 2002 36.4. ... 2006 34.5...
2010 32.3

PERSONAL gun ownership, GSS survey: 2010 overall 20.8; male 33.2; female 9.9.
https://www.vpc.org/studies/ownership.pdf

So personal gun ownership is overall at approx. 21%, or 1 in 5 (or 2 in 9), while having a gun in the house is at about 33% or 1 of 3 households has a gun or more.

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Gun Ownership & Political Affiliation [View all] billh58 Apr 2014 OP

Interesting. So basically the entire drop in gun ownership is due to Democrats and Independents. DanTex Apr 2014 #1

That would appear billh58 Apr 2014 #2

More Smarts, Less Guns! jimmy the one Apr 2014 #3

Great info. Not really surprising, but good to have confirmation. Hoyt Apr 2014 #4