Funny thing about the way "someone" counts "guns".... which also makes it seem that every other American is walking around with two pistols on their hip - and an AR15 style rifle in a sling.
Many of my friends - including me - have multiple guns... but a couple might be shot guns for bird hunting... a couple .22's for plinking... maybe a deer/elk caliber rifle... and finally maybe a .22 or similar small caliber hand gun - and maybe a .45 or similar pistol for "protection". So out of all the gun count... one might be considered a defensive weapon (all of them are - but what I'm saying is in the owners eyes - there might be one that was bought for that purpose).
Many people might 6/8/10 or more "guns".... they're collectors. I just bought a shot gun and when the salesperson asked me about my collection (figuring this was just another wall hanger)... he was appalled to learn that I was going to USE IT...to shoot skeet! When you go to websites that sell high end collector guns --- the big sales pitch is that it's "never been fired"!
I think the no gun prohibitionists read the numbers and think they're all 9MM Glocks stuck in the waistbands of teenagers in East Covina --- and full auto AR15's.
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