Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns?

[Cattledog]

Research suggests it's largely because they're anxious about their ability to protect their families, insecure about their place in the job market and beset by racial fears.

By Jeremy Adam Smith on March 14, 2018

Since the 2008 election of President Obama, the number of firearms manufactured in the U.S. has tripled, while imports have doubled. This doesn’t mean more households have guns than ever before—that percentage has stayed fairly steady for decades. Rather, more guns are being stockpiled by a small number of individuals. Three percent of the population now owns half of the country’s firearms, says a recent, definitive study from the Injury Control Research Center at Harvard University.

So, who is buying all these guns—and why?

The short, broad-brush answer to the first part of that question is this: men, who on average possess almost twice the number of guns female owners do. But not all men. Some groups of men are much more avid gun consumers than others. The American citizen most likely to own a gun is a white male—but not just any white guy. According to a growing number of scientific studies, the kind of man who stockpiles weapons or applies for a concealed-carry license meets a very specific profile.

These are men who are anxious about their ability to protect their families, insecure about their place in the job market, and beset by racial fears. They tend to be less educated. For the most part, they don’t appear to be religious—and, suggests one study, faith seems to reduce their attachment to guns. In fact, stockpiling guns seems to be a symptom of a much deeper crisis in meaning and purpose in their lives. Taken together, these studies describe a population that is struggling to find a new story—one in which they are once again the heroes.

Entire article at:

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/why-are-white-men-stockpiling-guns/

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Short Pecker Syndrome.

[spanone]

10. my first thought.

[Wellstone ruled]

20. Sorry to say,

know a couple of them.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Yeah for their wives and kids, co-workers, and minorities who might cross their path on a bad day

And the latter instance is very literally what happened with George Zimmerman.

[brush]

12. And all the killer cops when dealing with unarmed black men. Fear and panic sets in.

Being a cop is the last thing they should do. It just happened again a couple of days ago.

[NewJeffCT]

3. Stunning

that 3% of Americans own 50% of the guns in the country

[former9thward]

9. Stunning that anyone would believe that false statement.

[USALiberal]

18. Bullshit, Read more post less............

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2016/09/22/study-guns-owners-violence/90858752/

http://time.com/4499088/guns-us-super-owners-report/

[Blue_true]

19. Researchers developed the data.

3% of Americans own 50% of guns, an average 17 guns each. Who in the hell other than collectors need 17 guns?

I can see having 17 guns if a person collects guns that have special meaning through history, but never 17 modern era guns.

[former9thward]

21. What researchers?

If you bothered to read the "blog" referenced in the OP they did not link to the so-called "study". Why? Are they afraid people will find out it is phony?

[Eliot Rosewater]

4. Fearful that non whites might actually get equal treatment, they might have to COMPETE

now for home loans, jobs, etc.

[hedda_foil]

5. "a population that is struggling to find a new storybin which they are once again the heroes"

I wonder if this is also why the endless superhero flicks have been so popular.

[Ohiogal]

6. Do they think

this is the 1850s? or have they been watching too many Westerns.

"Gotta protect the wimmin folk from them dang Injuns...."

[GeorgeGist]

7. Civil War?

[MrScorpio]

8. Hence the down side to patriarchal white supremacy

The fear that someone will someday do to you what you’ve always done to them.

[Skittles]

11. gun humping cowards need their toys

[mitch96]

13. You silly goose...

For the impending revolution of course. But just before the revolution they "THEY" are gonna take all away all your guns like they did in Nazi Germany, Soviet Russia and Communist China.
at least that's what they "THEY" tell me...
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[Initech]

14. They're fed a steady and constant 24/7 stream of fear and misinformation.

That can certainly make one snap after a while!

[Wounded Bear]

15. Because worms...

[MineralMan]

16. What's weird is that you can only shoot one

AR-15 at a time. You might want a backup, I suppose, but some guys have several. They are pretty reliable, really. Better to have lots of ammo and magazines, I'd think.

It's a strange compulsion.

[mitch96]

17. "It's a strange compulsion."

It's the barbie doll of the redneck crowd. You an just have it or dress it up the way you want. Old ones are classics and you can trade or sell them to your friends.. New ones are very trendy. A great hobby for a child's mind..
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