I concluded a recent post saying if anyone ever asks you how many gun owners there are in America, you can tell them AT LEAST: 40% of households in America have guns in them and 30% of individuals in America personally own a gun. Saying AT LEAST is crucial here, because these figures underestimate theContinue reading “Why Surveys Underestimate Gun Ownership Rates in the U.S.”
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What Percentage of Americans Own Guns? Minimum Estimates
No one knows what percentage of the U.S. population actually owns guns. As with religion, the federal government does not keep official records or collect statistics on gun ownership. So we depend on surveys conducted by organizations like the Gallup Poll, Pew Research Center, NORC/General Social Survey, and others. Those surveys often produce different estimatesContinue reading “What Percentage of Americans Own Guns? Minimum Estimates”