tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post5548539825694450417..comments2024-02-05T11:03:17.462-06:00Comments on Days of our Trailers: And Remember...Gun Ownership is DecliningThirdpowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886910076400873900noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-67677129613829438492013-05-12T10:38:23.769-05:002013-05-12T10:38:23.769-05:00The dogma of anti-gunowner advocates (more accurat...The dogma of anti-gunowner advocates (more accurate than "gun control" advocates and MUCH more accurate than "gun safety" advocates) says that all those guns are being bought by the same small group of gunowners. When they try that line on me, I point out that most anti-gunowner advocates usually call for a limit on how many guns someone may own -- yet the (supposed) massive increase in guns owned by the same small group of gunowners has been accompanied by the 39% decline in homicides with guns. When I ask them to renounce a limit on how many guns someone may own in view of such overwhelming evidence against such an action...crickets.JayFnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-91655349191779858852013-05-11T18:53:10.563-05:002013-05-11T18:53:10.563-05:00Crunching the numbers, the FOID figures for Illino...Crunching the numbers, the FOID figures for Illinois imply that the country as a whole is adding 1,325,153 new gun owners every month.<br /><br />Couple this with 2.181M NICS checks, and existing gun owners are buying some 856,000 additional guns per month. Probably a bit less as not all NICS checks are for gun purchases.Billllhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13913354887560267235noreply@blogger.com