Their assumptions are more valid then the actually count? The stupid here is deep and wide.
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 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.
“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.
Four thousand is not representative of millions of gun owners.