DrB Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I got to thinking with all the surge in sales, how many firearms total are out there in the US? The more the better in good hands. Any Idea? Dave... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Months ago the guess was 350,000,000, because the liberals were upset that there was a gun for each and every individual in the country. Personally, I think they were wrong, and there is at least half again that many! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 4 minutes ago, janice6 said: Months ago the guess was 350,000,000, because the liberals were upset that there was a gun for each and every individual in the country. Personally, I think they were wrong, and there is at least half again that many! I was thinking about twice that amount as bought through the years since way back when. I'd like to see much more but sadly for some reason every time I try to move some of mine across the river to my cabin, in my canoe , I have an accident and they all sink in the rapids. Dave.. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maser Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 That number only applies to those who have admitted to owning them. I'm sure there's plenty of Burt Gummers out there who have a nice weapon cache that make Leftists soil and cry themselves to sleep. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batesmotel Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Three. That’s all. Move along. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Batesmotel said: Three. That’s all. Move along. Your wrong. Overestimated it. 2 is the answer. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbolt Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Hard numbers are very difficult to find, and that doesn't even begin to take into consideration the unregistered firearms bought before the GCA, back when you could order guns through the mail, and many older guns didn't even have serial numbers. I came across some "researched guesstimate" numbers from different sources that exceeded 400 million, and that was almost 3 years ago before the last couple of buying sprees. If I remember right, some numbers just for CA in the last big panic sales exceeded 350,000, and back then the best estimates for lawfully firearms in CA exceeded 8 million. The unregistered, pre-GCA and illegally acquired guns are anybody's guess. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 1 hour ago, DrB said: Your wrong. Overestimated it. 2 is the answer. Now is 1.. Lost another in the river, my canoe took on water and I had to bail, another one in the drink. Dave.. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
railfancwb Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 1 hour ago, fastbolt said: Hard numbers are very difficult to find, and that doesn't even begin to take into consideration the unregistered firearms bought before the GCA, back when you could order guns through the mail, and many older guns didn't even have serial numbers. I came across some "researched guesstimate" numbers from different sources that exceeded 400 million, and that was almost 3 years ago before the last couple of buying sprees. If I remember right, some numbers just for CA in the last big panic sales exceeded 350,000, and back then the best estimates for lawfully firearms in CA exceeded 8 million. The unregistered, pre-GCA and illegally acquired guns are anybody's guess. The number of background checks does not equal the net increase in citizen ownership of guns. At least some guns going through the system are trade-ins, out of pawn, consignment sales through dealers etc which do not represent a net increase in ownership. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, DrB said: Now is 1.. Lost another in the river, my canoe took on water and I had to bail, another one in the drink. Dave.. Two wayward mooses from Alaska came along and swiped all but two of mine last month. I chased them, yelling, Stop mooses! but they got into a canoe and paddled away. Then, the canoe capsized. Mooses made it to shore. Guns all sank. Edited March 22, 2020 by tous 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tous Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Oh, noes! I'm old, so my two remaining firearms had blued steel and beautiful claro walnut furniture. Well, these danged woodchucks came along, saw the walnut and goldarnit, them danged woodchucks chucked my last two guns right into the lake. Danged woodchucks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 I just hope there is enough for us to keep our freedoms! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) 10 hours ago, tous said: Two wayward mooses from Alaska came along and swiped all but two of mine last month. I chased them, yelling, Stop mooses! but they got into a canoe and paddled away. Then, the canoe capsized. Mooses made it to shore. Guns all sank. You seem to have the same problem as I do with guns and canoes. Mine always seem to capsize also when I have some guns in them. Otherwise the canoes paddle just fine. Dave.. Edited March 22, 2020 by DrB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricordo Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) Mine were sunk in a boating accident due to a giant whirlpool created by St. Elmo's fire. So sad. But I was very lucky to swim ashore safely. Now I only visit gun forums for the nostalgia. Edited March 22, 2020 by Ricordo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 (edited) 8 hours ago, Ricordo said: Mine were sunk in a boating accident due to a giant whirlpool created by St. Elmo's fire. So sad. But I was very lucky to swim ashore safely. Now I only visit gun forums for the nostalgia. You guys amuse me. Therefor i read the forums. In a previous posting i mentioned the tragic loss of my firearms while hunting whales. My zodiac boat flipped over due to harpoon recoil. The loss was total. Missed the whale, too. Edited March 22, 2020 by Historian 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheygriz Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 Enough to do the job should that become necessary!?☠️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrB Posted March 22, 2020 Author Share Posted March 22, 2020 12 minutes ago, Historian said: Missed the whale, too. By chance, was it a white whale Captain Ahab??? Dave... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 38 minutes ago, DrB said: By chance, was it a white whale Captain Ahab??? Dave... With a hump like a snow hill. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bish1309 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Ricordo said: Mine were sunk in a boating accident due to a giant whirlpool created by St. Elmo's fire. All of them? ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walt Longmire Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 2 hours ago, Historian said: You guys amuse me. There for i read the forums. In a previous posting i mentioned the tragic loss of my firearms while hunting whales. My zodiac boat flipped over due to harpoon recoil. The loss was total. Missed the whale, too. I actually have one that was NOT lost hunting whales. A father and son Natives used it to hunt Beluga whales. It's a Winchester 1886 in .45-70. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastbolt Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 12 hours ago, railfancwb said: The number of background checks does not equal the net increase in citizen ownership of guns. At least some guns going through the system are trade-ins, out of pawn, consignment sales through dealers etc which do not represent a net increase in ownership. The sources I was looking through weren't those generated from background checks. Also, CA doesn't have many pawn shops who can handle firearms anymore. When I was talking with DOJ (before I retired, working on something else), I learned that there were less than 15 remaining pawn shops in the state licensed to handle firearms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Historian Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 26 minutes ago, Walt Longmire said: I actually have one that was NOT lost hunting whales. A father and son Natives used it to hunt Beluga whales. It's a Winchester 1886 in .45-70. Once again: That round can take anything. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 12 hours ago, tous said: Two wayward mooses from Alaska came along and swiped all but two of mine last month. I chased them, yelling, Stop mooses! but they got into a canoe and paddled away. Then, the canoe capsized. Mooses made it to shore. Guns all sank. At least the Mooses were able to go home at night! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
janice6 Posted March 22, 2020 Share Posted March 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Historian said: Once again: That round can take anything. I had an 1886 and I loved that gun. Mine was in .33 WCF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWARREN123 Posted March 23, 2020 Share Posted March 23, 2020 My dog stole all my firearms! Bad dog. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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