The original article does not include handguns.

NCIS checks have been through the roof since March..

Probably around 300m guns in the USA..

And I had just been dipping my toes in the water and buying ammo again after the 2012 shortage. I could stand to get a few boxes of .22LR.

Or any guns owned by anybody that I know.

The idea that only about 1 in 100 people have a firearm is way to low. In Kentucky you dont need to "register" a firearm. Ive got several and no authority knows about it. Its just the way it is. So the numbers a flawed from the start.

I would say around 1/3 to 1/2 of every household has at least one weapon inside. Just a guess.

I'd bet that those households that have guns have enough guns to arm every other household that doesn't, many times over.

Nobody really needs more than a couple dozen long guns

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Just scored these today.

Nice. One of those is one of the coolest looking guns ever made.

Be sure and report them to the authorities immediately.

These came from a WW2 pilot. Obviously the Colt was his. The Luger he got while over there. It’s a 1940. I’ve known about these guns for 40 years. Also scored some Belgian Browning shotguns.

pics of the Belgian Browning shotguns?

All 3 of thems shur are purty.

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Damn those are pretty.

Sadly my brothers and I are moving our parents into assisted living. Both 88 with dementia. I was always the gun slinger in the family and still dabble in all aspects of shooting. Not hunting. Just a collector. I knew of the Colt and the Luger. The 12 gauge was a rumor, the 20 gauge another surprise. The Winfield Winchester 30-6 never heard of till he handed it to me.

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Couple more bonus. Colt detective special never fired.

Snap!

Like a game of snap, me too.

Except the little one is a FN.

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Drool ..... y'all can come take all my arms (all bof 'em)... just not them two ;)!

That Luger is nice. They may not be the greatest of guns but that example is a dandy.

A lot huger than long spoons

The original link is NOT for long spoons. It is for fully automatic machine spoons, aka mixers. It is also for short shaft long spoons, forks and ladles.

Again, the original link is for the NFA registry which is only for very special guns, at the federal level. The CBS reporter who made this report/list, many years ago, obviously knows nothing about firearms. That link has been posted a couple of times on this site.

Interesting. There are way less guns per capita than I thought. Also 3.3 per 1,000 for New York, and 195.7 per 1,000 for Wyoming, a big difference!

over & under rules

side by side blunderbus drools

Basically machine guns.

Strange that the District of Columbia comes out on top. I’m guessing it’s for all the security guards they use to keep the rabble away.

NICS background checks are on pace to total close to 40 million in 2020. I dunno how many come back unapproved, 10% maybe? I'd be surprised if it's that high, but let's say 36 million approved transactions. What proportion are transfers of new vs. used/resale spoons? One-third? One-quarter? Let's say 25%, so 9 million transfers of new spoons in 2020.

2020 is a big year for spoon purchases; so -- being very conservative -- maybe 5-6 million new spoons are sold in a 'normal' or typical year.

So over the last 20 years we've added ~100 million new spoons in the U.S.

Seems about right to me . . . .

I had a 20 ga SKB over/under and a 20 ga Browning A5. Gave them to my niece who was shooting a 20 ga for trap and quail. I never used them

I currently have 2 Browning A5. A 1969 Sweet 16, and a 1968 12 ga. Also, a 20 ga Remington 1100 and an Ithaca Featherlight 12 ga.

None are registered.

I got rid of 2 A5's - 20 and 12 had 'em for years and I know the bluff back is supposed to help out with your eyeballin'...

but nothing can match the beauty of the over & under

ALSO.. you should only need 2 shots - choked up and wide - if you NEED FIVE you suck

I don’t recall the numbers but a significant number of 2020 purchases were for first time owners. Not surprising considering current events.

I only hunt dove so 3 shells is the limit.

When a dozen dove are coming in with the wind at 50+ mph and go into evasive action then 50 shells might not be enough. Three shots per bird taken is a pretty good avg.

True.
Those who understand the 2nd Amendment are/were already well armed. Those who their light-bulb in their knoggin went from off to on suddenly went "ut-o" and figured they needed something for self protection, but likely still do not fully understand 2A.