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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·7 days agoTechnically, most gun owners don’t shoot anything. 32% of Americans say they own a gun: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/24/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/ So on a population of 340 million, that’s approximately 108,800,000 gun owners. According to Brady, 327 people are shot every day: https://www.bradyunited.org/resources/statistics 327*365 = 119,355 people shot each year. Assuming 1:1 shooter to victim, which isn’t a safe assumption, but it gives us the largest number of shooters in the year, that means 0.109% of gun owners shoot someone every year. Or, inversely, 99.89% of gun owners don’t shoot anyone.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 days agoWell sure, but at a rate of 0.109% per year, it would take 459.63 years to cross the 50% mark for “most”. :)
Technically, most gun owners don’t shoot anything.
32% of Americans say they own a gun:
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/07/24/key-facts-about-americans-and-guns/
So on a population of 340 million, that’s approximately 108,800,000 gun owners.
According to Brady, 327 people are shot every day:
https://www.bradyunited.org/resources/statistics
327*365 = 119,355 people shot each year.
Assuming 1:1 shooter to victim, which isn’t a safe assumption, but it gives us the largest number of shooters in the year, that means 0.109% of gun owners shoot someone every year.
Or, inversely, 99.89% of gun owners don’t shoot anyone.
Well not annually.
Well sure, but at a rate of 0.109% per year, it would take 459.63 years to cross the 50% mark for “most”. :)