So Miguel puts up the latest NICS numbers. 1.7m for the month of August '15. Yet over and over again we hear that 'gun ownership is dying' and that it's the same people buying more and more guns.
OK, let's say that's true. The number that used to be bandied about was '90%' increasing their arsenals. I say give them that. Sure.... 90%.
That means in one month alone, there were 170,000 new gun owners. The only way that's not an 'increase' is if 170k old gun owners either died or decided to sell all their guns.
In one month.
Then look at that evil NRA. They only represent a tiny number of firearm owners, right? About 2% by the claims. Sure. Let's go w/ that.
That means that there would be 3,400 NEW potential members. Ones who actually sign up and pay dues, not just click 'like' on a FB page.
In one month.
We sure as hell aren't seeing those kinds of numbers coming out of the anti-gun groups, especially on a monthly basis. Instead we see laughable turnouts, manipulated photographs, and funding by a small number of rich bigots, most of whom are protected by their own heavily armed security.
But gun ownership is dying.