12-20-2012, 03:16 PM
Oops - correction:
I posted upthread:
Yesterday, Duchess posted a stat that she heard on the news: 300 million guns are owned by Americans. I've seen anywhere from 200 million to 275 million in the past; don't know if it's climbed or if it's just data from different sources. Anyhow, 1⁄3 of American households own guns. So, that means that households with guns average about 3 per.
Average of 3 per was actually based on 1⁄3 of the total US population owning guns, rather than 1⁄3 of "households". There are about 115 millions total households in the US as of 2010. So, if there are 300 millions guns out there, it equates to an average of over 7 guns per gun-owning household. That seems awfully high to me, not that it makes a difference in the gun control debate.
I posted upthread:
Yesterday, Duchess posted a stat that she heard on the news: 300 million guns are owned by Americans. I've seen anywhere from 200 million to 275 million in the past; don't know if it's climbed or if it's just data from different sources. Anyhow, 1⁄3 of American households own guns. So, that means that households with guns average about 3 per.
Average of 3 per was actually based on 1⁄3 of the total US population owning guns, rather than 1⁄3 of "households". There are about 115 millions total households in the US as of 2010. So, if there are 300 millions guns out there, it equates to an average of over 7 guns per gun-owning household. That seems awfully high to me, not that it makes a difference in the gun control debate.