Comments on: What Academics Consistently Miss When Examining America’s Gun Culture

By: Old Guy

Old Guy — Sun, 26 Oct 2025 21:13:34 +0000

I heard the 80 to 90 million gun owners over the last 30 years or so – NICS reports tell us there are tons of new gun owners every year (every month even) and the number of gun owners doesn’t change? What are the original owners dying at the rate new wners are being added. Some how I feel we need to call BS on that.

By: Sam I Am

Sam I Am — Sat, 25 Oct 2025 21:29:29 +0000

Gunz is not about feelz. Gunz is for specific purposes, such as obtaining food, effecting self-defence, and disciplining a rogue government. The Second Amendment is about the latter. Period. Full stop. Why does “the gun community” insist on hailing the sporting use of guns, or even the amazing feats of engineering pertaining to guns?

Lawyers: achieving a raft of successes regarding self-defense use of fireamrs DOES NOT establish a strong support structure for overturning the NFA and GCA. The only reasonable, and legalist, course is direct attack, based on the original intent of the Second Amendment. Oh, that might fail? Sure. The courts are agents of government. If the courts fail to uphold the Second Amendment, does that not establish “usurpation”, “rogue”?

By: Mark in VA

Mark in VA — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 22:23:20 +0000

Gallup: 2020. 44% of Adults have access to firearms in their homes.
That’s 113 million.
Since 2020, we have had 12+ million guns sold per year, mostly to NEW buyers.
And the NSSF compiled the ATF numbers. The ATF stated that they started counting weapons in 1986. So, all guns owned/made PRIOR are not counted.
The numbers compiled some years ago…. 443 million.

We probably have over 120 million adults owning 500+ million guns.
All polls are lowballed. Gun owners do not answer ownership questions truthfully.

According to the polls, I don’t own guns.

By: Daniel I

Daniel I — Wed, 22 Oct 2025 01:25:56 +0000

In reply to Chris T in KY. My high school had a rifle shooting team until 1972. The year I was a freshman. The county disbanded all the schools teams. I was angry. Had been shooting since 8 and was really lookibg forward yo joining.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 21:20:31 +0000

In reply to Geoff PR. Late boss did too and he used to take his rifle on the transit bus.

By: Sean D Sorrentino

Sean D Sorrentino — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 21:03:49 +0000

Hey, I know that guy!

By: John Kevlock

John Kevlock — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 20:27:07 +0000

Nice

By: Geoff PR

Geoff PR — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:45:22 +0000

In reply to Chris T in KY.

“Up to the 1960s. Most colleges had archery, rifle, shotgun, and even hangun shooting teams.”

Earlier than that, longtime TTAG’er Ralph grew up in NYC.

He told us how high schools had gun ranges in the basement, and intercollegiate shooting competitions…

By: Void

Void — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:34:53 +0000

In reply to jwm. Will take a lot more than that to fix 2+ generations of various demographic issues and their associated multicultural acceptance of low trust behavior. But yes would help with ending their behaviors being enabled let alone encouraged.

By: jwm

jwm — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 17:04:07 +0000

In my youth you could, and we did, order guns through the US mail. No waiting periods. No background checks.

I bought guns at yard sales when I was 13 and rode them home on my bike.

The student parking lot at my high school had many pick ups with gun racks in the rear windows. Many of these held guns.

Guns are not the problem. The problem is that the democratic party is a terrorist .org with a side hustle in organized crime. Get rid of the democratic party and watch peace return to America.