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In reply to the discussion: Share of Homes With Guns Shows 4-Decade Decline [View all]eallen
(2,953 posts)People here are so used to fighting the NRA that they forget the NRA does not represent the average gun owner. It represents, instead, a politicized kind of gun owner.
Most gun owners are hunters or recreational shooters. They view their gun much as they do their canoe or their climbing ropes. It's important to them, but not something that they necessarily view as part of their political outlook.
Two groups can change that. The first group is the NRA and its ilk. It would like nothing more than to turn every gun owner into a supporter and wingnut.
The second group are those who demonize gun owners as a whole, or seem to, when their real target is the NRA.
Gun ownership is declining because hunting and recreational shooting are declining. But you're looking at decadal trends, and nothing still done by someone in 30% of American households is an aberration.