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Gun Control & RKBA

SecularMotion

(7,981 posts)

14. Another anomaly

Reply to DonP (Reply #7)

Sat Feb 22, 2014, 11:33 AM

Feb 2014

Out of ~200,000 FOID applications in the state of Illinois there are sure to be some new gun owners, but many of these may simply be existing owners obtaining cards to comply with new gun sale regulations. Even if all ~200,000 applications were new owners, which is very unlikely, it doesn't reverse the nationwide trend of declining gun ownership.

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Why Guns Per Person is the Wrong Way to Think About Gun Control [View all] SecularMotion Feb 2014 OP

"stockpiling... only increases the likelihood... wrong hands:" Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #1

Here's an interesting fact about the likelihood of firearms falling into the wrong hands. Arkansas Granny Feb 2014 #2

It seems the theft of firearms is on the decline... Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #4

Technically a person only needs 4 firearms for self defense. ileus Feb 2014 #3

I could easily get by with four, too. Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #10

you are assuming that gun ownership is in fact decreasing gejohnston Feb 2014 #5

200,000+ new FOID cards in Illinois alone and none are new gun owners? DonP Feb 2014 #7

200K new gun owners in IL? Our resident controllers studiously avoid discussing *that*... friendly_iconoclast Feb 2014 #8

Another anomaly SecularMotion Feb 2014 #14

WTF "new law" are you blathering about? 200,000+ = new gun owners DonP Feb 2014 #15

You're right. It probably had more to do with the law passed in 2010 SecularMotion Feb 2014 #17

The only thing those polls measure... Lizzie Poppet Feb 2014 #9

The argument falls flat in the face of the most recent, and more valid, studies. NYC_SKP Feb 2014 #6

Pew corroborates GSS jimmy the one Feb 2014 #11

If your claimed FACTS were actual facts clffrdjk Feb 2014 #12

proof needed jimmy the one Feb 2014 #13

Households . . . Surf Fishing Guru Feb 2014 #16

More stats... rrneck Feb 2014 #18