Interesting video about ........guns.

View · by **yukonjasper** on Thu Apr 19, 2018 2:22 pm

http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/20/gun-ownership-america-firearms-super-owners
Meet America's gun super-owners – with an average of 17 firearms each

Some are collectors with elaborately curated selections of historical firearms, while others are ‘just accumulators’. They say it is surprisingly easy to get to 17

Lois Beckett

@loisbeckett

Tue 20 Sep 2016 07.00 EDT

Not sure the narrative above really matches the video.

View · by **Ghost** on Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:34 pm

Only 17, lol

View · by **yukonjasper** on Thu Apr 19, 2018 3:52 pm

I was thinking the same thing. We are the 3%!!!!!

View · by **Ghost** on Thu Apr 19, 2018 4:51 pm

yukonjasper wrote:I was thinking the same thing. We are the 3%!!!!!

I hadn’t watched the video before but did now. I like how it says correlation does not equal causation and then ends it with even though America is safer gun owners don’t feel safer. Just because defense is your top priority doesn’t mean you feel less safe.

And 17 is still an average. That means people with 300 really screw up that data.

View · by **Holland&Holland** on Thu Apr 19, 2018 8:51 pm

Ghost wrote:
yukonjasper wrote:I was thinking the same thing. We are the 3%!!!!!

I hadn’t watched the video before but did now. I like how it says correlation does not equal causation and then ends it with even though America is safer gun owners don’t feel safer. Just because defense is your top priority doesn’t mean you feel less safe.

And 17 is still an average. That means people with 300 really screw up that data.

How does one actually limit themselves to only 17?

View · by **Ghost** on Thu Apr 19, 2018 9:01 pm

Holland&Holland wrote:
Ghost wrote:
yukonjasper wrote:I was thinking the same thing. We are the 3%!!!!!

I hadn’t watched the video before but did now. I like how it says correlation does not equal causation and then ends it with even though America is safer gun owners don’t feel safer. Just because defense is your top priority doesn’t mean you feel less safe.

And 17 is still an average. That means people with 300 really screw up that data.

How does one actually limit themselves to only 17?

It said broke people buy less guns.

View · by **OldmanFCSA** on Thu Apr 19, 2018 11:22 pm

Ghost wrote:
Holland&Holland wrote:
Ghost wrote:I hadn’t watched the video before but did now. I like how it says correlation does not equal causation and then ends it with even though America is safer gun owners don’t feel safer. Just because defense is your top priority doesn’t mean you feel less safe.

And 17 is still an average. That means people with 300 really screw up that data.

How does one actually limit themselves to only 17?

It said broke people buy less guns.

Or have children that shoot your firearms and your ammunition.

View · by **andrewP** on Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:05 am

Holland&Holland wrote:How does one actually limit themselves to only 17?

Not having stacks of extra money helps limit my spending, but honestly, I'm not sure I could really come up with a list of 17 guns I'd even want. I mean, if they were free, it might be different, but if I'm buying them, there needs to be at least some justification beyond "I want."

View · by **Holland&Holland** on Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:55 am

andrewP wrote:
Holland&Holland wrote:How does one actually limit themselves to only 17?

Not having stacks of extra money helps limit my spending, but honestly, I'm not sure I could really come up with a list of 17 guns I'd even want. I mean, if they were free, it might be different, but if I'm buying them, there needs to be at least some justification beyond "I want."

Ok first off why?

2nd I am positive I could not wittle the list down to 17 I need. Now I suppose if one takes the kids and wife into consideration and you narrow it to 17 per person in the household I could get close, can I count the dog too?

View · by **INOR** on Fri Apr 20, 2018 5:59 am

I guess I’m below average and no...it’s not my wife who tells me that! ;-)

Obviously I need to get into the game and buy more guns. My biggest concern is when would I find the time to clean and care for more guns?!

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View · by **Ghost** on Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:01 am

INOR wrote:I guess I’m below average and no...it’s not my wife who tells me that! Obviously I need to get into the game and buy more guns. My biggest concern is when would I find the time to clean and care for more guns?!

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Easy, only clean when something is not operating or performing adequately.

View · by **Holland&Holland** on Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:23 am

Ghost wrote:
INOR wrote:I guess I’m below average and no...it’s not my wife who tells me that! Obviously I need to get into the game and buy more guns. My biggest concern is when would I find the time to clean and care for more guns?!

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Easy, only clean when something is not operating or performing adequately.

That is what weekends are for

View · by **Ghost** on Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:26 am

Holland&Holland wrote:
Ghost wrote:
INOR wrote:I guess I’m below average and no...it’s not my wife who tells me that! Obviously I need to get into the game and buy more guns. My biggest concern is when would I find the time to clean and care for more guns?!

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Easy, only clean when something is not operating or performing adequately.

That is what weekends are for

Weekends are for returning lead to Mother Nature

View · by **Holland&Holland** on Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:42 am

Ghost wrote:Weekends are for returning lead to Mother Nature

That too, and then cleaning them.

View · by **Ghost** on Fri Apr 20, 2018 7:55 am

Holland&Holland wrote:
Ghost wrote:Weekends are for returning lead to Mother Nature

That too, and then cleaning them.

If I didn’t drop it in a mud puddle and it shoots were I aim, put some oil on it and back into the safe.