Protestantism

» paper_turtle - 1950s - answer to redback

Does anyone have any figures about the number of people who owned guns in the '50's as opposed to today? Do we know that there were less guns around in the 50's? If we don't know that, then how can we say the problem isn't guns?
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There were no laws against owning a gun in the '50's, but that does not necessarily mean more people owned them than today. One figure I found on the net put the percentage of gun ownership (in 2004) at 49% (whihc I found shocking).
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Therefore, if there were fewer guns, this, in and of itself, limits access to guns--and hence does not absolve guns of blame.
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peace and love,
Paper Turtle

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