04-12-2018, 07:03 PM
(04-12-2018, 06:40 PM)PhilHos Wrote: What is the actual NUMBER of people who own guns? The percentage of gun owners may have gone down, but if the total population of America has increased during that time span, more people may actually own guns than before even if the percentage has gone down. I don't know if this is true or not, just pointing out an alternative. If I wasn't on my work computer, I could try to find the answer, but I can't. Sorry.
Well when we discuss "crime" we discuss "crime rate" not total number of crimes. The total number of crimes can go up but if the population increases the "crime rate" can still go down.
But going back to the original point even if the number of crimes has dercresed while the nuber of gunowners has increased you can not claim this proves that a vast majority of gunowners are law abiding citizens. The connection is not there. the crime rate among gunowners is not dependent on the total population crime rate or the total number of guns owned.
