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Gun Control Reform Activism

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billh58

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Mon Jan 5, 2015, 05:32 PM Jan 2015

A Profile of Gun Owners [View all]

http://www.people-press.org/2013/03/12/section-3-gun-ownership-trends-and-demographics/

"The general profile of gun owners in America differs substantially from the general public. Roughly three-quarters (74%) of gun owners are men, and 82% are white. Taken together, 61% of adults who own guns are white men. Nationwide, white men make up only 32% of the U.S. adult population.

Gun owners and those who do not own guns differ politically. While 37% of all adults identify with or lean toward the Republican Party, that proportion jumps to 51% among gun owners. Among those in households without guns, just 27% identify with the Republican Party or lean Republican, while a majority (61%) are Democrats or lean Democratic."


No surprises here...
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