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https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/gun-ownership-rates-by-state/?ftag=ACQb72972c&vndid=00474a66c55d0c6edfd2589c64ab95a565 ^ | 4/10/2018 | unknown

Posted on 04/10/2018 9:38:06 AM PDT by rktman

51. Delaware

Statistics on gun ownership across the U.S. are hard to nail down; the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record is not all-inclusive, and some guns go unregistered.

But "Injury Prevention," a scholarly journal, has released what may be the closest look yet. Their survey, published in 2015, asked a representative sample of 4,000 adults nationwide whether they own firearms. The findings helped the research group estimate gun ownership rates in each state.

Delaware's gun ownership rate is the lowest in the country, at 5.2 percent. That's far below the national average of 29.1 percent.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: 2a; alaska; banglist; gunowners; gunownership; stateslist
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To: rktman
"the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record"

Can someone elaborate? Where is the authority given to have a Federal firearms registry?

41 posted on 04/10/2018 10:29:30 AM PDT by Tench_Coxe
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To: rktman
...some guns go unregistered.

Oh, surely not!

Why would a decent, law-abiding, productive member of our society NOT want the Goobermint to know every gun one has?

I know I don't care if they know.

(Do I really need the sarcasm tag?)

42 posted on 04/10/2018 10:32:11 AM PDT by OldSmaj (The only thing washed on a filthy liberal is their damned brains.)
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To: MNJohnnie

The sample was 4,000 adults nationwide.

There are 326 MILLION people in the USA.

A .123% sample cannot approach an extrapolate-able estimate.

This, like so many other “studies”, is utterly worthless.


43 posted on 04/10/2018 10:33:13 AM PDT by Don W (When blacks riot, neighbourhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
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To: maine-iac7

Thanks. As has been noted in this thread and probably many other times, the numbers are suspect after noting the sample numbers used.


44 posted on 04/10/2018 10:38:44 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Ha! Like they have a clue?


45 posted on 04/10/2018 10:38:45 AM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our only true hope.)
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To: MNJohnnie

“Their survey, published in 2015, asked a representative sample of 4,000 adults nationwide whether they own firearms.”

Like anyone with a lick of common sense will answer `yes’ to an anonymous phone pollster demanding to know if one owns guns.


46 posted on 04/10/2018 10:40:37 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: elcid1970
That's like 80 people in each state. (Approx). Yeah, that's representative of the actual numbers. 🐂💨💩🍿🍻😹🇺🇸
47 posted on 04/10/2018 10:43:13 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

Delaware comes in last place? How can that be?

Delaware is called The First State ........ THE First State.


48 posted on 04/10/2018 10:49:52 AM PDT by Sir Napsalot (Pravda + Useful Idiots = USSR; Journ0List + Useful Idiots = DopeyChangey)
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To: rktman

The 3 that ring hollow are Ohio and Nebraska, which seem too low, and the most preposterous is Hawaii at #11.


49 posted on 04/10/2018 10:51:18 AM PDT by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Sir Napsalot
Give jo "hands on"(🖐🏻) Biden a call.
50 posted on 04/10/2018 10:52:39 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Alter Kaker

Some of us do the job of many.


51 posted on 04/10/2018 10:54:25 AM PDT by doorgunner69 (Give me the liberty to take care of my own security..........)
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To: rktman

Hawaii is at 45%????? I find that unbelievable.

I’m In Illinois, and it’s just over 26%. If you take out Cook County (which includes, of course, Chicago), the number would be closer to 70%.


52 posted on 04/10/2018 10:59:51 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ought-six

Like someone posted, sample rate of 4,000 folks out of 300+ million that answered honestly..........so, grain of salt. Is your house at or above 100%? Ours was. Boat incident.


53 posted on 04/10/2018 11:02:57 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: mrsmel

How can firearm ownership stop a Silent Coupe such as the one we have been watching unfold?


54 posted on 04/10/2018 11:07:56 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: mrsmel

How can firearm ownership stop a Silent Coupe such as the one we have been watching unfold?


55 posted on 04/10/2018 11:07:58 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: rktman

Hard to believe the stats....When I was a real estate appraiser, I entered many, many homes in both Oregon and Texas. Gun cases were common with multiple guns.


56 posted on 04/10/2018 11:11:01 AM PDT by Donkey Odious ( Adapt, improvise, and overcome - now a motto for us all.)
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To: NorthMountain

Hey Ma!
You finish the Oil change?

Well Rotate My tires!


57 posted on 04/10/2018 11:12:49 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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What does gunownership or lack of have to do with stopping a Silent Coupe?

We are fighting a totally different kind of war and better learn how to fight it.

As things stand the Left has run rings around traditionalist Americans and control every major institution in our society.


58 posted on 04/10/2018 11:13:57 AM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: OttawaFreeper
Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, the Dakotas...are very peaceful with very little or no violent crime

They also lack the large dependent criminal demographic.

59 posted on 04/10/2018 11:14:19 AM PDT by Fightin Whitey
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To: Kickass Conservative

That about sums it up.

Que Solzhenitsyn....
Oh How We burned,


60 posted on 04/10/2018 11:21:34 AM PDT by Big Red Badger (UNSCANABLE in an IDIOCRACY!)
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