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In reply to the discussion: Phila. 4-year-old shoots himself [View all]primavera
(5,191 posts)... not individual Democrats. A household may have several people in it, perhaps only one of whom chose to purchase and own a gun, yet the "household" will still be considered "gun-owning" for purposes of this statistic. Indeed, it's possible that not even one person actually chose to own a gun to be included in this figure - they may have inherited or received a gun as a gift and never bothered to throw it away. My father was a Democrat who hated guns, but inherited one from his father when he passed away and, since he didn't feel comfortable just throwing a dangerous weapon into the trash, he let it collect dust in his attic for thirty years. My father-in-law was a gun nut who kept trying to give me guns until he finally passed away. Had I not loathed guns so thoroughly and adamantly refused such gifts, I'd probably have a dozen collecting dust in my attic by now. Yet, for purposes of this statistic, a whole household would still be recorded as "gun owning" without regard for such details. Defined that way, yes, I can believe that. Thanks for posting the source!