Not only bifocals but perhaps a memory restorer, the decline in gun ownership rates has been about for years: that you question this is either due memory loss or not keeping up with the rest of the class.
Moreover, my year old May 2019 post linked below, regarding declining gun ownership rates, was in reply to a thread STARTED BY YOU titled Ghost Guns are Everywhere, so I cannot help it if the blind refuse to see. A bit of egg on the face it seems.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1172&pid=208056
May 2019: 3) ... The Pew Research Center has tracked gun ownership since 1993, and our surveys largely confirm the General Social Survey trend. In our Dec 1993 survey, 45% reported having a gun in their household; in early 1994, the GSS found 44% saying they had a gun in their home. A Jan 2013 Pew Research Center survey found 33% saying they had a gun, rifle or pistol in their home, as did 34% in the 2012 wave of {GSS}.
As far as the subsequent 4 year later drop in deaths on that chart, my challenge was that you failed to acknowledge the 3 year rise in deaths, misleading that after awb was dropped in 2004, deaths had declined as well.
I clearly stated that I thought the decline in gun ownership rates had more to do with the drop in death rate, than the awb. The awb contributed little to the overal reasoning, but was worth it as a deterrent to mass shootings. And the fact is that while the awb was in effect 1994 - 2004, the violent crime and murder rates dropped about 35 - 45%. And yes, correlation does not prove causation, well aware.
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