What Do You Believe Is the Main Reason People Own a Gun

[whitehall]

You can spin polling data for political purposes but the Pew polling indicated that there was only around 10% difference in the people who owned guns for enjoyment and those who owned guns for protection.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

For Most U.S. Gun Owners, Protection Is the Main Reason They Own a Gun​

Pew has looked into this:



I wonder how many people are honest enough to admit it's because they are full of fear, and then will admit they watch/listen/read/gather news from sources that feed fear?

For Most U.S. Gun Owners, Protection Is the Main Reason They Own a Gun

Gun owners in the United States continue to cite protection far more than other factors, including hunting and sport shooting, as a major reason they own a gun. About half of Americans who don’t own a gun say they could never see themselves owning one (52%) while nearly as many could imagine...

www.pewresearch.org

I don't need a reason and no one with more than half a brain cell falls for the guilt tripping bullshit.

No one in their right mind or any historical knowledge will give up the Constitutional right to bear arms no matter how persistent you loons are.

 

[Failzero]

You can spin polling data for political purposes but the Pew polling indicated that there was only around 10% difference in the people who owned guns for enjoyment and those who owned guns for protection.

That is because many of us own them for both ( I’m a California CCW holder since 2011 and an avid Builder Collector )

 

[Dayton3]

Most people own guns for one simple reason (that few will admit to).

Guns are fun

 

[Failzero]

Most people own guns for one simple reason (that few will admit to).

Guns are fun

They are fun , and they are not tools btw

 

[Gracie]

read the report

You do not speak for gun owners. You only get to speak for yourself

Did I say I was speaking for other people? No. I am a gun owner. I carry with no permit because not carrying can get me dead. But....that's me.
ASSumption seems to be your weapon, not common sense. Do you think gun owners buy guns to kill people for sport? I guess so. Dumbass.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

not carrying can get me dead.

not carrying can get you dead?

Do you live the Chicago area housing projects?

 

[Failzero]

not carrying can get you dead?

Do you live the Chicago area housing projects?

Ultra Rural Eastern Shasta County ( Southern Cascades )

 

[Gracie]

not carrying can get you dead?

Do you live the Chicago area housing projects?

I live in this fucked up world. I WILL protect myself, come hell or high water. And that's just the way it is.

 

[LuckyDuck]

For Most U.S. Gun Owners, Protection Is the Main Reason They Own a Gun​

Pew has looked into this:



I wonder how many people are honest enough to admit it's because they are full of fear, and then will admit they watch/listen/read/gather news from sources that feed fear?

For Most U.S. Gun Owners, Protection Is the Main Reason They Own a Gun

Gun owners in the United States continue to cite protection far more than other factors, including hunting and sport shooting, as a major reason they own a gun. About half of Americans who don’t own a gun say they could never see themselves owning one (52%) while nearly as many could imagine...

www.pewresearch.org

I am a firearms owner and have used firearms since I was 8 years old. I spent 23 years in the military and my reason for having them is threefold:
1. Sport shooting.
2. Self protection, I have a license to carry.
3. The right to bear arms being necessary to maintain a "free" state.

 

[miketx]

I carry a gun because it makes me feel the way I think God must feel when he carries a gun.

 

[miketx]

not carrying can get you dead?

Do you live the Chicago area housing projects?

You are stupid. Or a liar.

 

[Dante Reawakened]

You are stupid. Or a liar.

You're not only lame, tired, and scared ... you're incredibly stupid too?

 

[marvin martian]

not carrying can get you dead?

Do you live the Chicago area housing projects?

Are you saying the strict gun control in Chicago isn't working?

 

[miketx]

You're not only lame, tired, and scared ... you're incredibly stupid too?

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Come get them.

 

[Bob Blaylock]

You [Dante Sleeping] are stupid. Or a liar.

He's both. The two are not mutually-exclusive.

 

[miketx]

You're not only lame, tired, and scared ... you're incredibly stupid too?

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No, why?

 

[Dante Reawakened]

Poor tools

 

[miketx]

Poor tools

Come get them.

 

[skye]

The Second exists for a reason.