I liked the linked article on gun "super owners". https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/19/us-gun-ownership-survey
Apparently 3% of gun owners own 50% of the guns. Doesn't this diminish the whole background check argument? After all, of the 22% of sales done without a background check, half of those statistically are purchases by these super-owners who have an average of 17 guns already. Then of the remaining 11% of sales, how many of those were to existing gun owners? I would think the actual number of first time gun buyers who make a purchase without a background check is statistically insignificant.
My new t-shirt. " I am the 3%"
if youve never had a background check to buy a gun other than a lower i have to assume your buying used guns from private individuals or whoever your buying them from likes violating federal law.
Wait a minute...
17 guns makes me a "Super-Owner"?
Hot damn. I am the 3% too!
I would request that you cite the "Federal Law" that persons selling to the op is violating! The BATF's LAW for selling to a non-licensed individual is that the person selling the firearm "cannot sell a firearm to a person that they know or have reasonable reason to suspect is not legal to possess a firearm". Legally I could sell to a complete stranger I do not have any knowledge about. There is absolutely no law or method for a non-licensed individual to do a background check. However I personally would not sell a firearm to anyone I did not know, but even if you sell to anyone using the classified, you cannot tell if they have had a domestic battery incident 30 years ago or have some other issue. By the way the "Domestic Battery" conviction was not a Felony a few years ago and did not have any bearing on whether you could own firearms. Many of the disqualifying Felonies did not exist when I was a young man, including DUI's (There was no law against drinking and driving then).
I am one who has purchased several firearms without a background check as I do purchase a lot of firearms from individuals. Several acquiescence know I will buy firearms if the price is right. However I do have a Indiana lifetime carry permit and have a Federal FFL-03 license (curio and relic).
I am surprised we have any members here with 17 or more guns with the rash of tragic boating accidents we have periodically.
"These guns are concentrated in the hands of just 3% of American adults – a group of super-owners who have amassed an average of 17 guns each."
So if I have 250% of this figure, am I a MEGA-owner?
Don
"These guns are concentrated in the hands of just 3% of American adults – a group of super-owners who have amassed an average of 17 guns each."
So if I have 250% of this figure, am I a MEGA-owner?
Don
.New survey says, surveys like this are useless, because a lot of "gun people" lie on their survey.
In fact, studies have shown MOST people lie on surveys.
They say they eat better than they really do.
They say they would help people more, than they really do.
Etc.
Don't know about "MEGA-owner?"--I Do know that you will attract attention of the BATFE Associates that follow this forum."These guns are concentrated in the hands of just 3% of American adults – a group of super-owners who have amassed an average of 17 guns each."
So if I have 250% of this figure, am I a MEGA-owner?
Don