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Gun Owners Deny Owning Guns, Say Researchers
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VetteGirlMA
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Guns. Boats. Tragedy. Whatever.
RFWAVELENGTH
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A couple of years ago, a Boston mayor tried to get some law passed that mandated all health care professionals in Massachusetts "screen" their patients for gun ownership. The proposal went nowhere. Most savvy gun owners, licensed or not, would deny ownership. This is as it should be!
The ranks of gun owners grow, and so does their resistance to scrutiny
Researchers report that many gun owners, especially newer ones, falsely deny owning guns.reason.com
”Believe it or not, people are reluctant to tell total strangers about their potentially controversial activities. In particular, Rutgers University researchers say, gun ownership is something many Americans decline to reveal when questioned by people they don't know. That's especially true of women and minorities newly among the ranks of gun owners amidst the chaos of recent years. Academics are unhappy that privacy-minded respondents impair their understanding of the world we live in, but such evasion is an inevitable consequence of decades of fiery debate and punitive gun policies.
"Some individuals are falsely denying firearm ownership, resulting in research not accurately capturing the experiences of all firearm owners in the U.S.," says Allison Bond, a doctoral student with Rutgers University's New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center and lead author of "Predicting Potential Underreporting of Firearm Ownership in a Nationally Representative Sample," published last month in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. "More concerningly, these individuals are not being reached with secure firearm storage messaging and firearm safety resources, which may result in them storing their firearms in an unsecure manner, which in turn increases the risk for firearm injury and death."[i/]
Tartakovsky
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Between stripped lowers, complete lowers and uppers, I honestly don’t know.
tuna
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The nurses where I go don’t ask that question. But one day the doctor did. I used the meme:
Dr. “Do you have guns in your home?”
Me. “Doc, I have one in your office”
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Dude i dont even have pictures of my family on my desk at work.
If i dont know you the most you may get out of me is i have a truck...and even then maybe
AaronT
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Generally owning people as chattel is frowned upon today.
AaronT
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Pjenn Psaki, is that you?
GL2020
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I remember when that started. They were already asking if I wore a seat belt. The Health Tech asked "Is there a gun in your house?".
Me: **crickets**
3-4 seconds pregnant pause
Health Tech: Ok then...had any falls recently?
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Lol yeahhh i did back in the day feel like i had the guiness world record for guns in one tho..which does not make it any better
Mesatchornug
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We you the one with the NES sticker I saw in Cambridge one time?
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Op sec will not allow me to confirm or deny
namedpipes
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The ranks of gun owners grow, and so does their resistance to scrutiny
Researchers report that many gun owners, especially newer ones, falsely deny owning guns.
”Believe it or not, people are reluctant to tell total strangers about their potentially controversial activities. In particular, Rutgers University researchers say, gun ownership is something many Americans decline to reveal when questioned by people they don't know. That's especially true of women and minorities newly among the ranks of gun owners amidst the chaos of recent years. Academics are unhappy that privacy-minded respondents impair their understanding of the world we live in, but such evasion is an inevitable consequence of decades of fiery debate and punitive gun policies.
"Some individuals are falsely denying firearm ownership, resulting in research not accurately capturing the experiences of all firearm owners in the U.S.," says Allison Bond, a doctoral student with Rutgers University's New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center and lead author of "Predicting Potential Underreporting of Firearm Ownership in a Nationally Representative Sample," published last month in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology. "More concerningly, these individuals are not being reached with secure firearm storage messaging and firearm safety resources, which may result in them storing their firearms in an unsecure manner, which in turn increases the risk for firearm injury and death."[i/]
When I receive a pollster call, I disconnect and block the number. I don't think that's really unusual for conservatives. Liberals are like Vegans. They also are afraid of guns and don't own any.
Accordingly, something like 97% of the people actually polled are libs.
If they ever got an accurate poll, they'd discover the truth, that Americans collectively own over a BILLION guns, and are present in 62% of American homes.
Even the "published" numbers are amazing.
American civilians own at least 400 million guns.
All the militaries in the entire world, including the US, Russia, China and all the others, own about 133 million guns.
I hope a liberal reads this, realizes it's true (other than the obvious hyperbole at the beginning) and has a stroke.
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Mesatchornug
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AaronT
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When I get pollster calls I get out a die and my nice loud dice tower.
Them: "Will you vote for Hitler or Stalin for President in the next election?"
Me: "Let me think..." *Clackity clackity clackity* "Um, 4, that's even, so... Stalin."
Them: "Whose policy on cannibalism do you more closely align with? Hitler's or Stalin's?"
Me: "Let me think..." *Clackity clackity clackity* "Um, 1, that's odd, so... Hitler."
MaverickNH
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One should be able to say “F*ck off” in a variety of ways, from direct/crude to indirect/polite, depending on the circumstances. When people I know ask me if I own an AR-15, I usually say “An AR-15, as in one?” When they pause, understanding my meaning, I then say “Guns and skeletons in the closet are family business not discussed in polite company.” One Progressive Left VP at work said “You guys from New Hampshire all own AR-15s, right”? I said “We don’t talk about guns, bibles, politics and sex toys at work, David.”
BTW, the paper is behind a $40 paywall. The authors could have paid an Open Access fee to allow free access, but chose not to do so. How ironic they rue lack of availability of information to do their gun violence research but make their work inaccessible.
Perhaps they explain in the paper why they used 2010 census demographics to conduct their study. Having expressed concern about changes in demographics of gun ownership in recent years, why not use 2020 census data?
BTW, the paper is behind a $40 paywall. The authors could have paid an Open Access fee to allow free access, but chose not to do so. How ironic they rue lack of availability of information to do their gun violence research but make their work inaccessible.
Perhaps they explain in the paper why they used 2010 census demographics to conduct their study. Having expressed concern about changes in demographics of gun ownership in recent years, why not use 2020 census data?
Mesatchornug
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They spent all their grant budget on wine and paying for publication
allen-1
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Thank you. You just reminded me that I need to add the stripped lowers to my guntrust.
Tartakovsky
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I don’t like discussing anything with liberals. I wouldn’t get past pronouns.
Goliathan
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Start on page 1 of the comments. Then read to page 56.
An act to modernize gun Laws
Get ready cause here it comes. https://malegislature.gov/Bills/193/HD4420?fbclid=IwAR02abd-l-pELv0M-HL66laTXHeHiyrzN0kMxgNmjSKp2LFQlIxc9oEummw If this passes, which it probably will the second amendment in Ma will be destroyed
www.northeastshooters.com
namedpipes
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I doubt very many have (or will) notice.
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