Gun ownership is up in America. So why isn't the media telling you about it?

[priell3]

By John R. Lott. September 8th, 2016

Two weeks ago, the PEW Research Center released a survey showing that gun ownership by households is up to 44% -- a 7-percentage point increase in the past two years. Another 5% of households won't reveal whether they own a gun. Yet, not a single mainstream American media headline has announced the increase.

In fact, the media goes out of its way to find polls claiming that Americans are turning away from guns. In their War on Guns they want to give the impression that gun owners are a small, fringe group. Maybe they are hoping that this will have an impact on policy. As General Social Survey director Tom Smith told me, a large drop in gun ownership would "make it easier for politicians to do the right thing on guns."

In June, the Washington Post and Time magazine trumpeted a CBS News poll with this headline: "American gun ownership drops to lowest in nearly 40 years" and "The Weird Reason Why Gun Ownership in America Is at Its Lowest Point Since the 1970s." Last year, an Associated Press headline announced: "Gun ownership in U.S. drops to record low." Recent headlines in the New York Times and CNN declared: "Share of Homes With Guns Shows 4-Decade Decline" and "Fewer US gun owners own more guns."

The Washington Post falsely assured readers, "The downward trend in gun ownership remains consistent across the national polls." .......

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/...-about-it.html

[claudel]

Why is the media auxiliary of the Democrat Party not telling who, what?

[NathanB]

You know that five percent who won't say is most likely part of the 44 percent who do.

[Qtrborecrazy]

Why won't they WHAT?

[Hawk]

John Lott must have his head in the sand. It's been in the Pittsburgh papers and on the local news multiple times over the past 4 weeks. Funny thing is that the news is not playing it up as a bad thing, they are reporting it's because people don't feel safe anymore.

[Pilot321]

It is obvious that over the past eight years first time gun owners, including women have been buying guns at a record pace. In addition, gun owners have been stocking up on semi auto rifles and pistols that can accept standard capacity magazines in case Obama and/or Hillary and the Dems get their way and bans them. There is no way gun ownership is declining. That is just the media and Dems wet dream.