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Research suggests it's largely because they're anxious about their ability to protect their families, insecure about their place in the job market and beset by racial fears.By Jeremy Adam Smith on March 14, 2018
Since the 2008 election of President Obama, the number of firearms manufactured in the U.S. has tripled, while imports have doubled. This doesnt mean more households have guns than ever beforethat percentage has stayed fairly steady for decades. Rather, more guns are being stockpiled by a small number of individuals. Three percent of the population now owns half of the countrys firearms, says a recent, definitive study from the Injury Control Research Center at Harvard University.
So, who is buying all these gunsand why?
The short, broad-brush answer to the first part of that question is this: men, who on average possess almost twice the number of guns female owners do. But not all men. Some groups of men are much more avid gun consumers than others. The American citizen most likely to own a gun is a white malebut not just any white guy. According to a growing number of scientific studies, the kind of man who stockpiles weapons or applies for a concealed-carry license meets a very specific profile.
These are men who are anxious about their ability to protect their families, insecure about their place in the job market, and beset by racial fears. They tend to be less educated. For the most part, they dont appear to be religiousand, suggests one study, faith seems to reduce their attachment to guns. In fact, stockpiling guns seems to be a symptom of a much deeper crisis in meaning and purpose in their lives. Taken together, these studies describe a population that is struggling to find a new storyone in which they are once again the heroes.
Entire article at:
https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-are-white-men-stockpiling-guns/
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)spanone
(135,958 posts)Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)know a couple of them.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,235 posts)And the latter instance is very literally what happened with George Zimmerman.
brush
(53,978 posts)Being a cop is the last thing they should do. It just happened again a couple of days ago.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)that 3% of Americans own 50% of the guns in the country
former9thward
(32,179 posts)USALiberal
(10,877 posts)Blue_true
(31,261 posts)3% of Americans own 50% of guns, an average 17 guns each. Who in the hell other than collectors need 17 guns?
I can see having 17 guns if a person collects guns that have special meaning through history, but never 17 modern era guns.
former9thward
(32,179 posts)If you bothered to read the "blog" referenced in the OP they did not link to the so-called "study". Why? Are they afraid people will find out it is phony?
Eliot Rosewater
(31,158 posts)now for home loans, jobs, etc.
hedda_foil
(16,379 posts)I wonder if this is also why the endless superhero flicks have been so popular.
Ohiogal
(32,213 posts)this is the 1850s? or have they been watching too many Westerns.
"Gotta protect the wimmin folk from them dang Injuns...."
GeorgeGist
(25,327 posts)MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)The fear that someone will someday do to you what youve always done to them.
Skittles
(153,321 posts)mitch96
(13,948 posts)For the impending revolution of course. But just before the revolution they "THEY" are gonna take all away all your guns like they did in Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia and Communist China.
at least that's what they "THEY" tell me...
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Initech
(100,155 posts)That can certainly make one snap after a while!
Wounded Bear
(58,799 posts)MineralMan
(146,356 posts)AR-15 at a time. You might want a backup, I suppose, but some guys have several. They are pretty reliable, really. Better to have lots of ammo and magazines, I'd think.
It's a strange compulsion.
mitch96
(13,948 posts)It's the barbie doll of the redneck crowd. You an just have it or dress it up the way you want. Old ones are classics and you can trade or sell them to your friends.. New ones are very trendy. A great hobby for a child's mind..
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