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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Fascinating article in the non-ideological Scientific American about WHO is buying guns and WHY they are buying them. The article summarizes a variety of findings from recent research studies, including a number that use qualitative interviews to probe deeper the reasons for gun ownership.

So many interesting findings:

[quote][i]Three percent of the population now owns half of the country’s firearms, says a recent, definitive study from the Injury Control Research Center at Harvard University.[/i][/quote]

[quote][i]The American citizen most likely to own a gun is a white male—but not just any white guy. According to a growing number of scientific studies, the kind of man who stockpiles weapons or applies for a concealed-carry license meets a very specific profile.

These are men who are anxious about their ability to protect their families, insecure about their place in the job market, and beset by racial fears. They tend to be less educated. For the most part, they don’t appear to be religious—and, suggests one study, faith seems to reduce their attachment to guns. In fact, stockpiling guns seems to be a symptom of a much deeper crisis in meaning and purpose in their lives. [b]Taken together, these studies describe a population that is struggling to find a new story—one in which they are once again the heroes.[/b][/i][/quote]

[quote][i]“We found that white men who have experienced economic setbacks or worry about their economic futures are the group of owners most attached to their guns,” says Froese. “Those with high attachment felt that having a gun made them a better and more respected member of their communities.”[/i][/quote]

[quote][i]In other words, they may have suffered setbacks—but women and people of color weren’t turning to guns to make themselves feel better. “This suggests that these owners have other sources of meaning and coping when facing hard times,” notes Froese—often, religion. Indeed, Froese and Mencken found that religious faith seemed to put the brakes on white men’s attachment to guns.

For these economically insecure, irreligious white men, “the gun is a ubiquitous symbol of power and independence, two things white males are worried about,” says Froese. “Guns, therefore, provide a way to regain their masculinity, which they perceive has been eroded by increasing economic impotency.”[/i][/quote]

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-are-white-men-stockpiling-guns/[/quote]

I laughed through this whole article. Unscientific and unAmerican. [/quote]
I wonder what maade this article unAmerican.
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The second amendment.[/quote]

2A does not guarantee right for private citizens to stockpile, sorreeeee. Well-regulated militia and all.[/quote]

Don't believe you.[/quote]

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