I mean… at least in my area I know of more people who own guns than the latter. A lot of households having multiple guns. But I’m sure that changes depending on where you’re at.
It very much depends on where you are. In MA, they’re not really very common. In Texas / Florida? Assume everyone owns one and/or is carrying. That’s not to say literally everyone has one… but they’re very common.
It varies widely. My dad was a gun dealer and a hunter. He had a locked glass case full of long guns and some handguns. He made his own bullets. I don’t own any guns. I have two siblings; one has guns, the other doesn’t.
Depends what you mean by “common”. Are odds good that any house you walk into has a gun somewhere in it? Sure. Are there places that a fair number of people might be carrying a firearm either openly or concealed? Yeah. Do most Americans actually SEE a gun in their daily lives? No. Most of the time, if you’re around a gun, you don’t even know it because most people don’t feel the need or desire to display the fact that they have a gun on their person. Unless you’re around cops a lot or spend a lot of time around guns you or a loved one own, you likely don’t see guns often at all.
It really depends on what you mean by common. It also depends on where in the US you are. Where I live they are more common than cars. I could probably count on one hand the people over the age of 21 that I know that I don’t have one. I own 10 at the moment.
This is heavily area dependent. In some places, you can go your whole life without seeing a gun apart from ones carried by cops. In others, you’ll see someone open carrying at the local grocery store at least once a week.
yeah theyre really common lol. I mean its not “common” to see people carrying them north of the Mason-Dixon, but its extremely common regardless of political affiliation and location for people to own them. I live in a thoroughly blue state (meaning democrat/liberal/left-leaning) in New England, and i mean sure, i know plenty of people who don’t own guns, i own one, most of the people i know do, though many of them in this state (myself included) believe in strict gun control laws and believe current laws are not strict enough. but yes, guns really are that common.
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how common is “that common”?
Elaborate what you mean by that. Some people carry guns every day. Some only see them on police officers.
Yes they are very common
I have like 20, so they’re pretty common at my house.
They aren’t common enough.
I see three or four purse guns a day.
I can’t count on two hands the number of people I know in my area that don’t own at least one gun
I mean… at least in my area I know of more people who own guns than the latter. A lot of households having multiple guns. But I’m sure that changes depending on where you’re at.
Their common but you’ll rarely see them them except on cops unless you’re interested in hunting, shooting, etc.
I’ve got one in my pocket right now. So to me, they’re very common
My coworkers kid’s little league team is currently doing a raffle.
All the raffle prizes are guns.
I own 8. Majority of the people I know have guns.
I own four and am hardly a gun enthusiast. I was given two and two were my dad’s and hold sentimental value for me.
I only have 10. I suppose not too common! 🙂
Something like 1/3-1/2 of households have at least one gun in them, I believe. Also lots of people carry one every day for self defense.
It very much depends on where you are. In MA, they’re not really very common. In Texas / Florida? Assume everyone owns one and/or is carrying. That’s not to say literally everyone has one… but they’re very common.
It varies widely. My dad was a gun dealer and a hunter. He had a locked glass case full of long guns and some handguns. He made his own bullets. I don’t own any guns. I have two siblings; one has guns, the other doesn’t.
Depends what you mean by “common”. Are odds good that any house you walk into has a gun somewhere in it? Sure. Are there places that a fair number of people might be carrying a firearm either openly or concealed? Yeah. Do most Americans actually SEE a gun in their daily lives? No. Most of the time, if you’re around a gun, you don’t even know it because most people don’t feel the need or desire to display the fact that they have a gun on their person. Unless you’re around cops a lot or spend a lot of time around guns you or a loved one own, you likely don’t see guns often at all.
Yup. Almost everyone I know has them.
It really depends on what you mean by common. It also depends on where in the US you are. Where I live they are more common than cars. I could probably count on one hand the people over the age of 21 that I know that I don’t have one. I own 10 at the moment.
This is heavily area dependent. In some places, you can go your whole life without seeing a gun apart from ones carried by cops. In others, you’ll see someone open carrying at the local grocery store at least once a week.
yeah theyre really common lol. I mean its not “common” to see people carrying them north of the Mason-Dixon, but its extremely common regardless of political affiliation and location for people to own them. I live in a thoroughly blue state (meaning democrat/liberal/left-leaning) in New England, and i mean sure, i know plenty of people who don’t own guns, i own one, most of the people i know do, though many of them in this state (myself included) believe in strict gun control laws and believe current laws are not strict enough. but yes, guns really are that common.
Here you go: https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2017/06/22/the-demographics-of-gun-ownership/