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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: MNJohnnie
Those are rookie numbers! We need to get those numbers UP!

I've done my part.

61 posted on 04/10/2018 11:24:35 AM PDT by TangoLimaSierra (To the Left, The truth is Right Wing Extremism.)
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To: rarestia
My mother always asks if my guns are “registered,” and I have to explain to her that it’s neither compulsory nor necessary to require it. We still live in a free country for a little while longer.

No, FRiend, you happen to live in a free State. In less free states such as Michigan, you have to register your handguns but not your long guns. In states such as Kalifornia, you have to register all of your guns. In free states such as Arizona, there is no gun registry.

62 posted on 04/10/2018 11:30:40 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: MNJohnnie

Four thousand is not representative of millions of gun owners.


63 posted on 04/10/2018 11:51:18 AM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~ Eat Sleep Fly Repeat ~)
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To: mrsmel

For sure, Delaware is not where they think it is on this list. They might rather want to get the number of NRA members per 1000 and relate to that, or the number of Marine or Army members with a decal on their ride.


64 posted on 04/10/2018 11:56:29 AM PDT by imardmd1 (Fiat Lux)
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To: CapnJack

I’ve purchased all my firearms from private individuals. Not a single 4473 found.


65 posted on 04/10/2018 11:59:46 AM PDT by Alas Babylon! (If white privilege is real, why do we have millions of poor white people?)
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To: Alas Babylon!

That’s funny - every firearm I’ve purchased I sold to private individuals. Since the law doesn’t require records, that’s my story.


66 posted on 04/10/2018 12:32:08 PM PDT by GreyHoundSailor
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To: rktman

“...ATF’s National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record ...”

Isn’t this NOT NOT NOT supposed to exist?!?!?!?!?

Known for a long time that the new “form” is perforated so it can be separated and scanned.....

The Overton Window has not nudged but slammed...

KYPD


67 posted on 04/10/2018 12:39:19 PM PDT by petro45acp (It is just that the left,progressive,socialist,antifa,fascist endgame seems so inhuman...unfree)
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To: rktman

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

Because when strangers contact me and ask me how many guns I have and where I keep them I quickly tell them everything I know.


68 posted on 04/10/2018 12:43:50 PM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: rktman

And yet Alaska is turning purple on it’s way to being as blue as Washington state.


69 posted on 04/10/2018 12:48:31 PM PDT by hattend
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To: rarestia

I sold all 41 of my guns to some guy.


70 posted on 04/10/2018 1:12:30 PM PDT by Clarancebeaks
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To: rktman

Business Insider has a more readable map:

http://www.businessinsider.com/gun-ownership-by-state-2015-7

In addition, although the report was published in 2015, the data come from 2013. It also seems to be anti-gun. This is from the abstract:

” Gun ownership was 2.25-times greater among those reporting social gun culture (PR=2.25, 95% CI 2.02 to 2.52) than those who did not. In conclusion, we found strong association between social gun culture and gun ownership. Gun cultures may need to be considered for public health strategies that aim to change gun ownership in the USA.”

If you want to pay, you can read the report here:

http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/22/3/216


71 posted on 04/10/2018 1:16:10 PM PDT by VanShuyten ("...that all the donkeys were dead. I know nothing as to the fate of the less valuable animals.")
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To: CapnJack
To a certain extent.

Does not encompass firearms passed on in a family, given as gifts, long guns sold in private sales...

72 posted on 04/10/2018 1:38:19 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: GreyHoundSailor

And in fact, at least where I live, that is perfectly legal, and none of the government’s business.

I don’t care if they know or don’t know.

I took an oath to the US Constitution many times, and I know just what that document says insofar as my obligation goes to the government on my arms.

Nun-yer-bidnes!

I’m sure you understand, being a sailor!


73 posted on 04/10/2018 2:09:36 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (If white privilege is real, why do we have millions of poor white people?)
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To: Eagles6

Maybe in Pennsylvania, but in my state I don’t need the government to approve ANY guns (Long, short, wide, thin, etc.) sold in private sales.


74 posted on 04/10/2018 2:11:44 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (If white privilege is real, why do we have millions of poor white people?)
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To: Alas Babylon!
Here in PA a handgun has to go through a FFL with a 4473 and NICS.

That being said exceptions are among family.

I would venture to guess that millions were transferred before and after the law.

Even looking at all the yellow slips they would only know where a fraction of firearms are.

75 posted on 04/10/2018 2:18:48 PM PDT by Eagles6
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To: rktman

I am not sure about this list that says there are more gun owners in Minnesota than Texas.

I’m not buying that. Sorry...


76 posted on 04/10/2018 2:22:35 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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To: Enlightened1

Yes, that didn’t compute to me either, regarding Texas.


77 posted on 04/10/2018 2:29:01 PM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: rktman
Had a fellow employee...a few years ago. She overheard a conversation I had a with a fellow gun owner.

She chimed in, asked us some dumb question about..."Well they are all registered. right?"

We both laughed..and told her "NO". Then explained to her about registration..etc.

Turned out...I wasn't there...wished I had been...but when Trump got elected..she came to work...and had a melt down. Screamed for no one to talk to her....LOL!!! The dumb ass snowflake..!!

I always miss the fun stuff...!!

78 posted on 04/10/2018 2:35:09 PM PDT by Osage Orange (Whiskey Tango Foxtrot)
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To: arrogantsob

It can’t stop the silent one. There’s not a whole lot that we private citizens, those of us not in the very center of government, can do about that. We already vote. There’s apparently not much that even our representatives in DC can do, that is, if they themselves aren’t in on it, at some level.

At some point, though, it won’t be silent anymore. At some point, they’ll have to start trying to physically compel people into going along with the program (such as when they try to confiscate our weapons, or force us to live in certain places, or other measures that will require actual, physical compliance). At that point, we’ll need those weapons. It may not be much, especially if the armed services turn against the citizenry (which is what I believe all the social engineering of them is really about-they don’t really care if sodomites and trannies get to serve their country, they just want those who will more likely go along with Big Gov and against free citizens in position, if necessary), but it’s surely better than nothing.


79 posted on 04/10/2018 2:36:27 PM PDT by mrsmel (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Alas Babylon!

I got ya! See tag line.


80 posted on 04/10/2018 3:04:20 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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