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Gallup: 33% of Americans 'Personally' Own a Gun, 46% Live in Home With a Gun
Cybercast News Service ^ | December 9, 2022 | 4:34pm EST | Michael W. Chapman

Posted on 12/10/2022 8:45:48 PM PST by Olog-hai

In a recent survey, Gallup discovered that 46% of Americans, nearly half the country, have a gun in their home, and 33% said that they “personally” own a gun.

In the survey of 1,009 adults, aged 18 and older, Gallup asked, “Do you have a gun in your home?”

In response, 46% said they have a “gun in home or elsewhere on property,” and 33% said they “personally own a gun.”

“Personal gun ownership has averaged 30% since 2005, when it was first measured,” reported Gallup. “Household gun ownership was higher in the early 1990s than it is now, but since 1996, 43% of U.S. adults on average have said there is a gun in their household.” […]

On the political side, 66% of Republicans live in a home with a gun, 42% of independents said the same, and 31% of Democrats. …

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


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Of course, take into consideration just how many conservatives would actually engage with Gallup. If any.
1 posted on 12/10/2022 8:45:48 PM PST by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

Democrats probably lie, too, since someone in the house is inevitably a felon so they can’t have one.


2 posted on 12/10/2022 8:50:44 PM PST by Jewbacca (The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
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To: Jewbacca

Oh, liberals definitely lie.


3 posted on 12/10/2022 8:51:16 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

Yeah it’s 66%.

I know how I’d answer a “poll.”


4 posted on 12/10/2022 8:51:29 PM PST by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: Jewbacca

BTW, I said that conservatives would not even talk to Gallup.


5 posted on 12/10/2022 8:51:36 PM PST by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: Olog-hai

40 years ago, I actually sat down with a Gallup poll taker for a full interview. Very interesting experience. Of course I was living in Newport RI, and was registered as a Democrat at the time. ;-)


6 posted on 12/10/2022 8:53:04 PM PST by SubMareener (Save us from Quarterly Freepathons! Become a MONTHLY DONOR)
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To: Olog-hai

This is a joke right?
No gun guy is going to talk to a Poll about
his personal guns, ammo, connections et al.
That would be like telling the government about
not paying all your taxes.
Not going to happen.


7 posted on 12/10/2022 8:53:46 PM PST by rellic
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To: Olog-hai

I don’t have a rifle, but I do have a gun!


8 posted on 12/10/2022 8:55:54 PM PST by 17th Miss Regt
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Household gun ownership was higher in the early 1990s than it is now...

So, people started lying to the pollsters when the AWB was passed?

9 posted on 12/10/2022 8:56:18 PM PST by gundog ( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: Olog-hai

That’s what I was thinking. I know a LOT of gun owners who would NEVER admit to it in some survey....


10 posted on 12/10/2022 8:57:30 PM PST by TheBattman (Democrats-Progressives-Marxists-Socialists - redundant labels.)
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Who would tell some stranger on the phone that you have a gun?

Situational awareness people!

11 posted on 12/10/2022 8:59:15 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (The nation of france was named after a hedgehog... The hedgehog's name was Kevin... Don't ask)
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To: Olog-hai

More than 25M NICS checks yearly since 2016, and only 33% own a gun?

Let’s translate that into reality. 33% of Americans are dumb enough to talk to random pollsters.


12 posted on 12/10/2022 9:01:48 PM PST by No.6
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To: No.6

I see we’re all of one opinion here ...


13 posted on 12/10/2022 9:03:49 PM PST by No.6
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To: gundog

I think it’s just that more people are lying about gun ownership considering the filthy political climate in this country right now, and how it gets progressively worse.


14 posted on 12/10/2022 9:04:39 PM PST by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them )
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear

No kidding. Duh, yeah....I got me a buncha guns...yesiree! Wanna knows how much ammo I got?


15 posted on 12/10/2022 9:05:53 PM PST by Right Brother
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To: Olog-hai

HUH? You mean you don’t respond truthfully to polls? 😂😂😂👍


16 posted on 12/10/2022 9:08:16 PM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Olog-hai

In this age, that’s not a question a lot of people would be willing to answer truthfully.


17 posted on 12/10/2022 9:10:00 PM PST by Spok
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To: Olog-hai

I would not tell anonymous caller/pollster I have guns.


18 posted on 12/10/2022 9:10:52 PM PST by entropy12 (Food is most popular anxiety drug, exercise is the least popular.)
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To: Olog-hai

I would lie to this pollster.

That said, having multiple firearms in two different houses in two states would drive them insane with paranoia.


19 posted on 12/10/2022 9:11:01 PM PST by doorgunner69 (Let's go Brandon)
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To: Olog-hai

Guns. Don’t leave home without them. 😉


20 posted on 12/10/2022 9:12:40 PM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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