guns are barreling back , thanks ladies

[ralph]

guess that women are buying lots of guns . --- http://fortune.com/2015/03/06/gun-boom- ... nd-wesson/ --- Thank You Ladies !!

[jellowrestling]

The gun market will be an interesting one to watch later this year, as presidential campaigns heat up, since sales in the space are so tied to politics. When Obama was first elected, gun sales rose because gun lovers feared a crackdown. But Ruttenbur says that at the time, “many people said that if Hillary [Clinton] had been the one elected, sales would have really gone crazy.”

In other words, Smith & Wesson may be rooting for a particular candidate in 2016.

Uh, no.

[Houston]

interesting. dont mess with Texas women

[John in Plano]

According to the latest General Social Survey, 32 percent of Americans either own a firearm themselves or live with someone who does, which ties a record low set in 2010. That's a significant decline since the late 1970s and early 1980s, when about half of Americans told researchers there was a gun in their household.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/ ... _poll.html

[GFB]

According to the latest General Social Survey, 32 percent of Americans either own a firearm themselves or live with someone who does, which ties a record low set in 2010. That's a significant decline since the late 1970s and early 1980s, when about half of Americans told researchers there was a gun in their household.

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/ ... _poll.html

Yeah I'm having a difficult time picturing the millenials as gun owners.

[ralph]

didn't click the link but who tells a researcher anything other than , hey , mind your own business especially when question get personal . That being said , I know some young 'wal mart' workers that own guns , AR15 is something they take pride in owning . They are probably millennial because they also take pride in their stretched earlobes and tats .

[John in Plano]

mort... some more from the link.

The General Social Survey is conducted by NORC, an independent research organization based at the University of Chicago, with money from the National Science Foundation. Because of its long-running and comprehensive set of questions about the demographics, behaviors and attitudes of the American public, it is a highly regarded source of data about social trends.

Data from the 2014 survey was released last week, and an analysis of its findings on gun ownership and attitudes toward gun permits was conducted by General Social Survey staff.

The drop in the number of Americans who own a gun or live in a household with one is probably linked to a decline in the popularity of hunting, from 32 percent who said they lived in a household with at least one hunter in 1977 to less than half that number saying so now.

That the number of households with at least one gun is declining doesn't necessarily mean that the number being purchased is on the decline. Data from the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check system shows that in recent years there's actually been an increase in the number of background checks being run, suggesting the total number of firearms being purchased is going up.

[ralph]

thanks JIP !! --- Ralph

[Red Oak]

I trust the National Science Foundation about as much as I trust Obongo...

That being said, if my enemies are disarming themselves, good !

[ralph]

more general GUN news --- http://www.breitbart.com/big-government ... verywhere/ ---

[crocmommy]

Got a call from the NRA yesterday on my phone...somehow they got my number confused with my boss's number. Had to explain to my girls what the NRA is. I explained to them that while I don't feel comfortable owning or carrying a gun, I support anyone who does. If I had a job in a bad part of town or had to carry lots of cash, I would have to get over it and carry one too.