this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2025
131 points (97.1% liked)

United States | News & Politics

4087 readers
184 users here now

Welcome to !usa@midwest.social, where you can share and converse about the different things happening all over/about the United States.

If you’re interested in participating, please subscribe.

Rules

Be respectful and civil. No racism/bigotry/hateful speech.

No pics of text

Memes are now allowed, as long as they're US centric, general political memes please see !politicalmemes@lemmy.ca

Post news related to the United States.

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

and how does the distribution of gun-ownership fall between these two groups of people?

[–] Netux@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

Much closer than you would probably expect. The left just doesn't make it their whole personality.

[–] discosnails@lemmy.wtf 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The demographics of gun ownership in the U.S. | Pew Research Center https://share.google/Pz2KRohaJ1GEqWMEV

[–] NauticalNoodle@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago (1 children)

" There are also significant differences across parties, with Republican and Republican-leaning independents more than twice as likely as Democrats and those who lean Democratic to say they own a gun (44% vs. 20%)."

Everybody says they want a revolutions, but nobody wants to take responsibility for the inevitable civil war that follows. -I don't remember where I heard that but it seems relevant here.

[–] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today 4 points 7 months ago

Don't forget that some people lie to surveys to skew the results.