Gun Ownership In America is On The Decline [POLL]

For a country that's supposed to be GUN CRAZY, we sure have a funny way of showing it.  According to a new report, gun ownership in the U.S. is at an ALL-TIME LOW. I think that number is way off for us here in Idaho - I would guess it ti be a lot higher at 60%...so let's find out :) Take the Intermountain Martial Arts sponsored poll for 5,000 points. Here are the stats of the survey on American gun ownership being at an all-time low, at least they think it's an all-time low.  No one started keeping personal gun ownership statistics until the early 1970s.

--Gun ownership peaked in 1977, when 54% of American households had a gun.  By 2010, that had dropped to the all-time low point of 32.3%.  That's right . . . less than one in three homes now owns a gun.

--Male gun ownership peaked in 1990, at 52.4%.  Now, only 33.2% of men personally report owning a gun.

--Female ownership peaked in 1982, when 14.3% of women reported personally owning a gun.  Now it's down to 9.9%.

--There are several theories why gun ownership is so far down.  The biggest one is that the gun-owning population is getting older and younger generations just aren't as interested in owning one.

--Other theories:  Hunting has become less popular . . . new environmental and zoning issues are making it harder for gun ranges to open . . . and more single-parent households are headed up by women, who are less likely to own guns.

via VPC - The Violence Policy Center - Household Gun Ownership Hits New Low--Fewer Than One Out of Three American Households Has a Gun (04/26/2011).