Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[CleverNickName]

Thats only the half of it. That 30% has enough guns for every American to have 3 of them.

"32% of Americans reported personally owning a firearm, and 44% report living in a gun household. This translates to an estimated 383 million privately owned firearms in the US. The US has the highest estimated number of guns per capita in the world with 120.5 guns for every 100 people." -Gallup

So not quite 3 per person, but still: that's a friggin lot of guns. Put 10 random Americans in a room, and statistically there will be 12 guns in there with them.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I kind of wish every now and then we'd get a "Hey guys, I really don't have anything more to say about this, and I don't want to just start dumping crap out here, so don't expect much else from the channel" but reality is they're making money off of it, and that's a tough ask to simply stop.

Some people will just change their focus somewhat to a related topic that gets more attention--and tell you up front they're going to. I can think of two video game Let's Players I know of that did that.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I understand the joke, but I feel maybe some data is useful to actual understanding...

About 30% of adult Americans own guns.

Some of them just own a lot of them, which distorts statistics sometimes.

 

[Mannahnin]

"32% of Americans reported personally owning a firearm, and 44% report living in a gun household. This translates to an estimated 383 million privately owned firearms in the US. The US has the highest estimated number of guns per capita in the world with 120.5 guns for every 100 people." -Gallup

So not quite 3 per person, but still: that's a friggin lot of guns. Put 10 random Americans in a room, and statistically there will be 12 guns in there with them.

Most of those folks aren't carrying every day, though. I know lots of folks who own, but only a fraction of them EDC. It's more common for folks who are into them to have a collection at home, for home defense, target shooting, hunting, etc.

Carrying every day can be a significant pain, depending on local laws on concealed carry. And plenty of private businesses restrict carrying on premises.

 

[dragoner]

Then.. it isn't unloved, is it?

I forgot the sarcasm tag ... or did I?

 

[Bedrockgames]

I understand the joke, but I feel maybe some data is useful to actual understanding...

About 30% of adult Americans own guns.

And those are the ones that are actually registered

 

[Ulorian - Agent of Chaos]

To be fair, remove the word gun from each paragraph and leave everything else as-is (and know that 900 pounds is ~400 kg) and the topic works pretty well for anyone. We all know roughly what a safe is, and how hard moving one that mass would be (compared to other potential home furnishings).

I know more than a couple nightstand/under pillow type folks (fortunately no children present). To be fair, this is in sobriety circles and some of them were discussing their previous days of being dealers.

Canadians, despite being metric, weigh things in pounds and measure height in feet and inches (longer distances are in kilometres though). Even if that weren't the case... I'm pretty sure we don't need math Duck-splained to us!

Yes, we all know how hard it is to move heavy things. Wasn't really the point I was trying to get across though...

 

[Umbran]

And those are the ones that are actually registered

No, this is from Pew and Gallup, not from registration records.

 

[CleverNickName]

And those are the ones that are actually registered

This is a real problem. I grew up in the American South, and back in the 80s and 90s it was common to see "Gun Shows" in small towns. At these gun shows, you could buy and trade weapons in cash, without filling out any paperwork at all. And this was legal well into the late 1990s.

I own a Mossberg bolt-action 12ga shotgun, a gift from my dad. He bought it at one of those gun shows, took it home, and rebuilt the stock (it had been chewed up by a dog, apparently...which speaks volumes about its previous owner's gun safety culture), then gave it to me for my 16th birthday. It's beautiful, but it doesn't have any paperwork at all and nobody outside of my home even knows its here.

 

[Bedrockgames]

"32% of Americans reported personally owning a firearm, and 44% report living in a gun household. This translates to an estimated 383 million privately owned firearms in the US. The US has the highest estimated number of guns per capita in the world with 120.5 guns for every 100 people." -Gallup

So not quite 3 per person, but still: that's a friggin lot of guns. Put 10 random Americans in a room, and statistically there will be 12 guns in there with them.

It does vary a lot by state though. In some states guns are way more common than in others. The last time I saw a poll for Massachusetts, where I live, it was something like 15%