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I clicked a link because the headline implied doing so would tell me which state has the highest private firearm ownership rate. Then I read the first slide.
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They're suggesting they can draw conclusions about how many guns are in a state per capita based on registered NFA weapons. So naturally New York ranks at the bottom of the list with 3.3 guns per 1000 residents. Could that be because most NFA firearms ('items' if including suppressors) are pretty much impossible to own in New York State? The article admits that the NFA numbers don't even include pistols.
This article appears to represent today's journalistic standards. Who cares if the information is accurate as long as we can create a clickbait headline it's good to go. Someone gets a star for the day.
Next question is how there are almost 60,000 NFA weapons in New York State and who owns them. Is there a category I'm missing that makes sense for New York.
As America reels from yet another mass shooting, inevitable questions resurface about guns laws and the nation's pervasive firearm culture. Here is a look at per capita weapons data, based on the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and 2013 data from the U.S. Census.
While the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record is the only accessible list of its kind, it is not all-inclusive. NFA firearms only include the categories regulated by The National Firearms Act of 1934: machine guns, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, suppressors, destructive devices like bombs and grenades, concealable devices with the ability to discharge a shot through the energy of an explosive, and any firearm with a bore over half an inch that has not been determined to have a legitimate sporting use.
While the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record is the only accessible list of its kind, it is not all-inclusive. NFA firearms only include the categories regulated by The National Firearms Act of 1934: machine guns, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, suppressors, destructive devices like bombs and grenades, concealable devices with the ability to discharge a shot through the energy of an explosive, and any firearm with a bore over half an inch that has not been determined to have a legitimate sporting use.
They're suggesting they can draw conclusions about how many guns are in a state per capita based on registered NFA weapons. So naturally New York ranks at the bottom of the list with 3.3 guns per 1000 residents. Could that be because most NFA firearms ('items' if including suppressors) are pretty much impossible to own in New York State? The article admits that the NFA numbers don't even include pistols.
This article appears to represent today's journalistic standards. Who cares if the information is accurate as long as we can create a clickbait headline it's good to go. Someone gets a star for the day.
Next question is how there are almost 60,000 NFA weapons in New York State and who owns them. Is there a category I'm missing that makes sense for New York.
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