Another mass shooting.....

[Brian37]

And you realize that until 2010 I was in the 3%, right?

BTW, I'm not in favor of bans either, as I've said repeatedly.

I seem to recall that you have mentioned in the past that at one point you had several weapons including the 50 and possibly a cannon (I know we discussed old cannons once anyway...) and that you donated/loaned some/part/all of them to a museum/s. I don't know what your current status as a gun owner is. I also seem to recall uneducated redneck relatives you don't see eye to eye with politically and the mention of threats (maybe veiled threats) of violence from both sides.

In the meantime numbers...

256,000,000 guns x .5 = 128,000,000 in the hands of 3% of the population.
326,000,000 x .03 = 9,780,000
128,000,000 / 9,780,000 = an average of 13 guns each for 3% of the population.

or

600,000,000 guns x .5 = 300,000,000 in the hands of 3% of the population.
326,000,000 x .03 = 9,780,000
300,000,000 / 9,780,000 = an average of 31 guns each for 3% of the population.

Since some of that 3% own more than 13/31 guns...



Some of the 3 percenters only own a few.

Frankly I'm a lot less concerned with the collectors that accumulate a few million dollars worth of machine guns and keep them locked securely in vault than I am the asshole with a Saturday night special and a history of domestic abuse.

The only place those weapons belong is on a military base, police lab or museum, civilians do not need weapons of war.