America has more guns in fewer hands than ever before [View all]

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/03/05/america-has-more-guns-in-fewer-hands-than-ever-before%E2%80%8B/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-apps/imrs.php?src=&w=1484

You've probably heard by now that the Obama administration has been a boon to the U.S. firearm industry. Gun manufacturers boosted production by 31 percent between 2011 and 2012. National tragedies from Newtown to Ferguson are accompanied by stories of surging gun sales.
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In 2014, guns were present in fewer than a third of U.S. households -- 32 percent -- according to the survey. That's 22 percentage points lower than the high of 54 percent recorded in 1977.

So this raises a question: where are all those newly-manufactured guns going?

Most likely, they're being added to the stockpiles of people who already own guns. If gun sales are up and household-level ownership rates are down, that's the only real logical conclusion.

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So 32% of households, of which maybe a third are batshit crazy gun nuts, have guns. Why is 10% of the populace dictating gun policy? Because that 10% writes letters, makes phone calls, sends emails, writes LTTEs and generally bully legislators every way they can. You can do that too. And there's a hell of a lot more of you than there are of them. Make a noise, be heard and act like the majority that you are.

Right now there is a bill pending in the U.S. Senate that would expand background checks to all gun sales; private, internet and gun show. It's called the Public Safety and Second Amendment Rights Protection Act of 2015. Call and email your senator today. Do it again tomorrow and the day after. Make them listen to you.