The Average American Owns 1.7 Guns - How Many Do You Own?

Me: none.

not in working condition, I would assume, though I can't say as I've ever tried.

I'm guessing none.

It's nice that there are still DUers with a grasp on things like statistics and science. After the tsunami conspiracy threads, I had to wonder. :)

http://editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000745373

And 29% have five or more of them....

:eyes:

:bounce:

but we own a wide assortment of assault rifles and handguns. Seriously.

I HATE them. He keeps them unloaded and locked up at least.

I own my great-grandfather's 12-gauge, but it's pretty much shot out. I could refurbish it, sure, but the gunsmith said it would be more cost than it's worth. "Hang it up and enjoy it," he says. I think I will.

Plus a small handgun for recreation and a large one for home defense.

Also my son has a shotgun for hunting so I guess that makes for a total household count of six.

damn you mom and dad.

Resist the urge to supplant your father as the paterfamilias!

a bit more tilted towards purely Oedipal, actually :)

And still own a few that I use for target practice.

It's a competitive sport that I enjoy. I also practice archery.

PISTOLS:
a ruger .22
a smith&wesson .32 special
a 9mm makarov
a springfied armory xd-40 (.40 cal)
i am going to ask my wife to get me a 1911 style .45 for our anneversary

RIFLES
2 .22 rifles
1 ww2 french army rifle (obtained in viet nam)
1 ar-15

i am considering taking up trap shooting. any recommendations on a decent shotgun fot the occasional shooter?

i am thinking of starting a gun club where i teach. a goodly number of the teachers are gun nuts

error error, i voted six but i have 8, brain fart

put about 5000 rounds through it, not one jam or misfire.

A Colt .45 automatic, a Ruger .38 revolver (a 38 special) and a tiny Beretta .25 automatic.

Then again, I live in Miami, where everybody packs.

A Taurus 9mm (Beretta knockoff), a S&W J-frame 5-shot .357 revolver (kick-ass little snubby - painful to shoot for very long), and a Ruger Single Six .22 single-action "cowboy gun," which is the best thing in the world for cheap and enjoyable target shooting. Still haven't tried to spin it around my finger prior to holstering it, tho. :D

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Personally, I could use a little help.

But I can't scare burglars or fight Fascism with it, so I own firearms....

... ;-)

i tried it.

once.

now i use a shotgun.

for some folks, a fire arm is a useful tool for dealing with their environment.

I'd never drive an H2 either.

Looks like there are 131 DU'ers I'd feel comfortable meeting according to this poll. As for those with 8 or more guns, let's hope, for their welfare, that they're just antique collectors.

...as something wittily profound. Typical.

i own 0 guns, neighbour owns 10...average of 5 each...means nothing

I'm guessing more than eight. Including some that he's inherited from as far back as his great-grandmother.

I was always afraid of guns until he taught me how to properly handle them.

One shotgun, and the blown-apart-in-an-almost-comic-book-fashion barrell of another.

.2 more and I'll be a real Merkin! dangit.

not really mine.It's the wife's.

are quite unusual. is it single shot or is there a magazine?

We have a 4 round clip too

it's a nice gun.

and have two with bolt action. The .16 Guage has a box (detatchable, like a M-16) magazine that holds three shells, the .410 bore has a tubular magazine. The .410 is often mistaken for a high powered rifle.

(In fact, I own none.)

a .22 rifle that I've had since I was 12 and a 9mm Glock.

My wife has a .38 and she has a concealed carry permit. She is my protector :)

Taurus 9MM
Smith & Wesson .357 Magnum
Mossberg 12 gauge pump
Remington model 700 25-06 deer rifle(my baby)

:)

I see no need for any others.

I have never even touched a gun or picked one up.

Right now, I don't feel the need. I'd move out of the U.S. first.

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Goodboy,

My next purchase. Lets just say, I am above average.

light, easily concealable, and you can get this KICK ASS light for it...check it out with the light:


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owns 3.4 guns.

1. someone in my family witnessed a mass shooting while at work
2. a neighbor's kid was allowed by his parents to terrorize the neighborhood with a high-powered hunting rifle and there was nothing that could be done to stop him (as long as he didn't kill anybody)
3. a store owner I knew was shot and killed by a robber
4. a jogger was shot and killed by a stranger near a school here
5. my grandfather died in a hunting accident
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So I'm allergic to guns. You will never convince me that an armed America is a good place to be. So please don't bother.

I'm a history nerd, I know I'll be buying historical guns when I'm older and have more money.

vintage WWII rifles.

M-1 Garand and a Lee-Enfield SMLE IV.303

None. I've only handled a real gun once in my life and it was only for show.

And I like every one of them.

What is the sound of seven-tenths of a gun firing?

a little slow this morning...

Lots more...

I'm really not trying to be inflammatory. But since you've posted many times that you are Catholic and I grew up Catholic (no longer practicing, but attended 12 years of Catholic school), I was wondering how you can own multiple guns and yet believe in the pacifism that is at the core of the Church's teachings? :shrug:

I don't think so.

Quakers, Amish, and Mennonites, yes.

But that's pretty much it in terms of church denominations that have pacifism at the core, and even those aren't quite founded on pacifism.

But I think you might find many members of those faith traditions that also own guns.

I'm curious why you think that gun ownership and pacifism are mutually exclusive.

I'm curious as to what *you* think it is.

Us liberals/dems may need guns in the upcoming future.

but I have a sledge hammer at the side of my bed, My luck I would shoot myself and the intruder would get away. At least I can take the hammer and hit him where it hurts. I hope but I would probably freeze, and my dogs would sleep through the whole thing.

Paraordinance tactical .45
Colt Gold Cup .45
Ruger Security 6
S&W 686
S&W 41
Walther PP (prewar)
Firestar 9mm
Ruger p89
Ruger MkII Gvt. Model
Ruger MkII Bull Barrel 10"
S&W 17
S&W 52
Springfield 1903
Springfield Garand
3 Shotguns
Remington mod 70 .22
SKS
AR15

I kill paper and clay every week.

Gun owners, by and large, don't hang out in the Lounge. They hang out in other parts of DU.

Among the 46% of us respondents who do own guns, the category with the largest number of votes is "one gun," followed closely by "more than eight guns."

We can conclude from this terribly skewed, self-selected, self-reporting sample that the majority of people who responded to this poll in the DU Lounge in the short time period in which the poll has been up own zero guns. Among those who do own guns, most own one gun, but a lot of gun owners own more than eight.

What does this tell us? Ab-so-lute-ly nothing, but it's fun and about as reliable as the usual poll reports in the newspaper or on TV, and a heck of a lot more reliable than "poll" results that end up in our mailbox sent by some interest group with money to raise.

At this point, there are 189 votes. If we make the conservative estimate that all those who voted 'more than 8' only have 9 guns, there are a total of 285 guns or in other words, based on the sample, the average DUer has 1.54 guns, just slightly below the national average of 1.7 reported by the original poster.

My house never had a gun

I like target shooting, and collect black powder guns.

I do however believe that we should have the right to posse them.

My neighborhood has more than enough to make up the deficit my lack of ownership would create in the national average. ;-)

Plus, it's kind of hard to own a gun when you live across the street from a church. It's kind of hard to do a lot of things when you live across the street from a church, the guilt can get to be overwhelming!

I'm a church going type, I own guns. I've even taken my guns to church (left them in the truck, of course) when I've gone to the church directly after hunting.

I know ministers who have guns, and who hunt with them. And some who just target practice with them.

Well I'm not going to let you! :P

Just curious!

No fight picking whatsoever.

:hi:

actually six. damn, keep losing track of them...

I'm a recurve bow girl. Silent, deadly, takes skill. The firearm is Mr. Pcat's, a gift from the redneck side o' the fambly for his 16th birthday as a mark of manhood.

I know it's been fired, but not in the last ten years.

Pcat

they terrify me. :scared:

All the NRA repukes; add all theirs up and it wouldn't be larrger than 1.7...

:wow:

I really don't think I'll ever own one.

I don't buy the "I have a gun now I'm safe from all harm" idea. Strikes me as bullshit.

;)

So 1/2.

Ruger Blackhawk .357 Mag
Ruger single six .22/.22 Mag
Ruger Old Army .457 cap and ball
Remington 870 12 Ga. slug gun for deer
Remington 870 12 Ga. Wingmaster
Remington Model 6 30/06

I got a letter from the NRA today. Would you believe it may be my last chance to join them before the gun grabbing liberals take my guns. I get one of these every few weeks. While I am a firm believer in gun rights the NRA makes me sick. I used to be a member but it has turned in to a arm of the Republican party. I sent it back with bullshit written on the letter and said buy the fucking stamp assholes.

This is my weapon
This is my gun
This is for fighting
This is for fun

Rifle, man. Rifle.

They must have changed the lyrics since I was in.

"This is my rifle,
This is my gun."

:shrug:

None of them work as they are only models.

and I never will own a gun. One, I'm a city dweller, so there is no need for one in my life. Two, I'm scared shitless of the things, so I don't think I could even hold one without breaking into a cold sweat.

Best defense is a good offense.

Most of the guns I have are collectibles but there are a couple 12 gage shotguns and a S&W Tactical 9mm. What can I say, it was a strange inheritance. :shrug:

.38, .22 Magnum Rifle, 12 guage, and an aught 6.

:shrug:

you can never shoot, an Italian flint lock rifle from the Napoleonic wars and a shotgun from my uncle.