Do you believe there's a negative correlation between number of guns owned and likelihood to commit a crime with them? In other words, are guns a sign of mental/ emotional stability? Or is that merely conjecture and anyone, regardless of how many or few guns owned, are equally likely to commit crime/ acts of violence
What, you don't like asking questions related to psychology and criminology? Personally I believe the more guns the better. People with only one gun rouse my suspicion because as everyone knows guns are like pringles, you can never have just one
I bet you and your muddah!taste like pringles.
Imagine if there were no guns, then we would all be safe and sane, kinda like New Jersey 🙂
Way to glow homie.
How do the kids say these days?
Oh yeah.
Frick yo mudda
Most shooters go out and buy their guns the day/week of so it seems more like having no guns is a stronger correlation.
That's what negative correlation means, as one value increases the other value drops
I think that's it. If you own one gun, you probably plan to use it immediately. If you own ten guns, it's because you never had any plan to use them immediately, you were only buying them for potential future uses; and you bought more than you should because you keep reading shit online about how one kind of gun is marginally more optimal for certain theoretical situations than others and you keep changing your mind about what the best gun to have is. Then before you know it you have ten guns, you only shoot 3-4 regularly and realistically you only "needed" two of them, which you could buy more accessories for if only you'd saved your money.
What if you have multiple guns because you're a collector and you decided you wanted an example of a Luger from every factory? Or you wanted an example of each rifle from WWI and WWII? Or you're trying to put together a complete set of Colt Snake Guns? Having multiple guns doesn't necessarily mean that someone is a wishy-washy moron who can't make up their mind and is a slave to online trends.
Same difference, that's someone that's likely not planning on committing a crime anytime soon
Beat me to it anon, a lot of grabbers seem to forget that guns are foolproof investments guaranteed to garner good returns if kept properly and sold wisely
That's a nice Luger, interwar production?
1917
>Good returns
At best most who collect things beyond scalpers will see things hold value against inflation. It's children/grandchildren/great-grandchildren/etc. that will see actual returns in actually collectible items.
No not really, my grandpa overpaid for a nambu pistol some years ago. 6200 for a usually 4500 firearm. Ever since his overpayment they consistently gone for 30-40% more than before. The reason is because these firearms are such a niche market of collectors that one sale can effect the entire market from then on. Some people manipulate this purposefully to make a profit. That’s actually what I’ve made a career out of. If you have the knowledge and the capital you can influence any market.
That was me.
I don't believe for a second that all guns are foolproof investments. Some guns are terrible investments, other guns are excellent investment, it all depends on the state of the market at the time and what gun we're talking about.
A basic b***h glock isn't really going to appreciate much. A Glock costs about the same today as they did 20 years ago. A riced-out or no-name "Custom" AR? That will sell for far less than all the individual parts added up. Many guns have honestly done pretty well. I bought a Ruger Super Redhawk in 2002 for $750 and now they're selling for $1700. That has done better than inflation, but there's a lot of other investments which would have performed better. Most Colt Pythons went DOWN in price when Colt released the new models, thought the rare variations like the Combat Python, Snake Eyes set, etc, were not affected and continue to be a bubble. It's all over the board.
Now I'm not saying you can't make money on firearms collecting. Get into the high end and it's little different from fine art, every time a piece gets sold it sets a new record. But I would certainly not consider all guns to be "foolproof" investements. There's a big fricking difference between buying some random LGS's """custom"""" TRUMP 2020 AR vs. picking up a Gastinne-Renette exhibition pistol or an original Henry levergat.
i belive angry person can act otherwise if gun is not present at their person or house or car.
Also gun availability is a problem, stricter laws can keep the things more tight but most of major crime is illegal gun and dope trafficking wich is the real problem.
Criminals/normal people tend to own one or two guns because thats all they can afford and need.
People with autism tend to own dozens of guns they never shoot because they like their wikipedia articles and they look pretty.
Mass shooters tend to not own any guns until right before their mass shooting.
i velive cops should just shoot gangs at the spot. no trial, no mercy, mafia also.
>Do you believe there's a negative correlation between number of guns owned and likelihood to commit a crime with them?
Generally speaking, no. But in extreme cases? Yeah. Someone who has a massive collection of guns probably has a very stable, comfortable, position in life in order to afford all that and is probably not going to throw all that away for a life of crime.
> In other words, are guns a sign of mental/ emotional stability?
That's an entirely different question. I think for many people guns are a tool, no different from a screwdriver or a hammer. they feel no emotion towards it whatsoever. But for other people a gun is some source of strength, they think that they are baddass because they have a gun. These are usually insecure people and those are likely to be criminals or have other physiological issues. I.e. your stereotypical street gang member.
more guns you own, less likely that you'll commit a crime. because your natural instinct to protect your properties.
>protect your properties.
That's a crime to them. They want you to own nothing
Hahahahahaha what? Go frick yourself
>t. Criminal with only 1 gun
>Gonna need more regulations to justify our budget
>Gonna have to justify this Single Source
Why would the ATF support evidence for owning a shit load of guns? Do you think before posting?
Gun autists are too busy collecting milsurp or arguing about the ideal optics mount height to commit crime.
One exception, owning large amounts of tacticool AR-15s and nothing else is probably a red flag for an unstable individual.