Post #43765
2025-12-09 01:57 UTC
Not really… According to Pew Research Approximately 45% of Republicans report owning a gun, compared to about 20% of Democrats. Considering the parties are often roughly equally sized when it comes to these statistical models, that’s not actually a massive difference. There are plenty of armed Democrats, they’re just not vocal about wanting to worship their tools.
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@Filetternavn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2025-12-09 16:42
By your own statistics, and assuming we’re discounting independents, Republicans have over twice the gun owners than democrats, putting them over 2/3 of American gun owners. Of course, that’s assuming they are actually “roughly equally sized”. I’d say over double is in fact a massive difference. You’re right, however, that Democratic gun owners tend to he less vocal about the second amendment. There are plenty of Democrats that own 1 or 2 small firearms for self defense that support heavier gun restrictions, for instance.