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"More Guns: There are well over 250 million privately-owned firearms in the U.S., including nearly 100 million handguns and tens of millions of “assault weapons”—the types of firearms that gun control supporters have tried the hardest to get banned5—and the number of firearms typically rises about 4 million per year.6 Annual numbers of new AR-15s, the most popular semi-automatic rifle that gun control supporters call an “assault weapon,” are soaring. In 2008, there were more than 337,000 new AR-15s configured for home defense, competition, training, recreational target practice and hunting.7 NRA-supported Instant Check firearm transactions have increased over 10 percent annually since 2006.8"
[6] BATFE estimated 215 million guns in 1999 (“Crime Gun Trace Reports, 1999,” 11/00, p. ix, www.atf.gov/firearms/ycgii/1999/index.htm). The National Academy of Sciences estimated 258 million (National Research Council, “Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review,” National Academies Press, 2005). See also BATFE, “Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Reports”, http://www.atf.gov/statistics/.
The BATF and The National Academy of Sciences sound like valid organizations. They dispute the poll you quoted.
[6] BATFE estimated 215 million guns in 1999 (“Crime Gun Trace Reports, 1999,” 11/00, p. ix, www.atf.gov/firearms/ycgii/1999/index.htm). The National Academy of Sciences estimated 258 million (National Research Council, “Firearms and Violence: A Critical Review,” National Academies Press, 2005). See also BATFE, “Annual Firearms Manufacturers and Export Reports”, http://www.atf.gov/statistics/.
The BATF and The National Academy of Sciences sound like valid organizations. They dispute the poll you quoted.
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And in the '80s all but the most rabid antigunners gave up on handgun bans.
¯¯¯̿̿¯̿̿’̿̿̿̿̿̿̿’̿̿’̿̿;812080 said:Irrelevant post is irrelevant.
Bow shooting specifically is very Zen, but so is competitive pistol shooting. We, however, are not Zen Buddhists. We are Theravada Buddhists.
The post was in relation to an earlier post that spoke of how the NRA believes the young who are now in shooting sports will be the future of the fight for our continued right to own and bear arms.
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Topper, since you have been whining your "but they have less murder in europe", you have had the numbers quoted to you numberous times.
And you ignored them every time.
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I'm sure the NRA wishes the young who are now in shooting sports will be the future of continued profits for their corporate sponsors.
Unfortunately, participation by young Americans in the shooting sports seems to be declining....doesn't it?
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¯¯¯̿̿¯̿̿’̿̿̿̿̿̿̿’̿̿’̿̿;812085 said:
Isn't this the same source you used before? 1,500 people?
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¯¯¯̿̿¯̿̿’̿̿̿̿̿̿̿’̿̿’̿̿;812089 said:
I am sure you are mistaken concerning the NRA's wishes.
I'm sure anti-gunners, like yourself, wish that the participation by young American in the shooting sports would decline. Doesn't seem to be happening.
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You should try reading stuff before you reflexively debunk it.
National Gun Policy Survey (NGPS), 2001: The NGPS is a random digit dialing sample of adults living in households with telephones. Sample size was 1,176 in 2001.
What's your factual basis for disputing the study? I know what your non-factual basis is.
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¯¯¯̿̿¯̿̿’̿̿̿̿̿̿̿’̿̿’̿̿;812092 said:
What source did I quote in that comment to Topper?
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¯¯¯̿̿¯̿̿’̿̿̿̿̿̿̿’̿̿’̿̿;812096 said:
I saw the NCOR and thought it looked like the same source. I am at work and don't have time to carefully research the sources. But then, when you get cornered you can always use the "just because I post an article doesn't mean I agree with it" defense.
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Not where I live. I think it would normally depend on where you live. City folk do not tend to place heavy emphasis on skills you need large tracts of land in order to participate in... Teaching your kid how to handle a bow or rifle is probably a bit lower on the totem poll than it is for a place that might have a higher percentage of predation on pets and stock.
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¯¯¯̿̿¯̿̿’̿̿̿̿̿̿̿’̿̿’̿̿;812085 said:
So the random telephone survey talked to under 1,200 people? That is not an improvement.
You survey 1,200 or 1,500 and expect to extrapolate that to speak for 300+ million??
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What's that based on?
Where did I say I'm "anti-gun"? Link up.
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Studies have shown that participation in sport shooting is declining, which is mirrored by a decline in hunting participation. Both declines are a growing concern for state fish and wildlife agencies, non-profit organizations and conservationists because a large percentage of conservation projects are funded through the taxes on firearm sales and ammunition.
http://www.conservationcafe.com/Hunting/article_detail.asp?iArticleID=6530
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Right.
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I didn't survey anyone. NORC/UOC did. Are you going to present a factual disputation of the study, or not?