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Originally Posted by Burninator
I don't know, the US is a big place. Sure there are parts of it that really love their guns, but there are lots of parts that don't care about them either. You don't have to convince the whole country.
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About 32% of USA households own guns, down from 50% at one point.
Those who own guns, tend to own more guns than before.
The number of households owning guns has declined from almost 50% in 1973 to just over 32% in 2010, according to a 2011 study produced by The University of Chicago's National Opinion Research Center. The number of gun owners has gone down almost 10% over the same period, the report found.
The concentration comes, in part, because guns are "marketed by and large to people who already own guns," Lizotte said.
http://www.cnn.com/2012/07/31/politi...ing/index.html
So, interestingly, the "gun culture" seems to be in broad decline in the USA, although the USA owns far more guns than anywhere else in total.
Cowperson