Rufus_Reddit t1_jddh5pk wrote on March 23, 2023 at 4:42 PM

Reply to comment by Bekiala in Body is 17-year-old accused of shooting 2 at Denver high school, Colorado coroner confirms - CNN by oldschoolskater

> ... What I am referencing is that the guns bought over time don't go away. ...

Ah. I misunderstood. I thought that "huge proliferation of guns now" was intended to be about some kind of recent change in gun availability or gun ownership. I think that everyone agrees that there are hundreds of millions of guns in private hands in the US.

In case you care, it's not that hard to find other charts of gun ownership rates over time:

https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/gun-ownership.html

For reference about where Rand stands on gun policy:

https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA243-4.html

Bekiala t1_jddqb5z wrote on March 23, 2023 at 5:39 PM

Thanks for the links. This looks like a fairly decent organization.

Again, I'm all for cutting down on gun violence and specially suicide I'm just not sure what public policy would be effective.