Did you know? In the 20th century, every decade before the 1970s had fewer than 10 mass shootings. 1950s: 1 1960s: 6 1970s: 13 1980s: 32 1990s: 42 Guns were always available in America, but we didn't always have mass shootings.
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Replying to @RationalDis @prageru
Now do a chart for the population increase, and put them side by side.
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Replying to @Annain_Graye @prageru
Interesting how fewer Americans own guns than in the past tho
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/nov/15/the-gun-numbers-just-3-of-american-adults-own-a-collective-133m-firearms …pic.twitter.com/CSPxvjpqNU
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Replying to @RationalDis @prageru
1) I attribute part of that to the decline of the 2 parent household. If 2 adults live together and 1 owns a gun, that's 1 gun for that household.
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2) But if they separate and 1 still owns a gun then it becomes 1 gun per 2 households. See what I did? I cut the per-household ownership rate in half while the per-capita ownership stays the same.
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Nope https://www.norc.org/PDFs/GSS%20Reports/GSS_Trends%20in%20Gun%20Ownership_US_1972-2014.pdf …pic.twitter.com/5lowcGA2hY
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Replying to @RationalDis @prageru
Another factor could be the increase in the percentage of non-citizens in the overall population. Only citizens can legally own firearms. It would be interesting to see the adjustment for that.
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