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HOW MANY<br />
GUN OWNERS<br />
ARE THERE<br />
IN CALIFORNIA<br />
ANYWAY?<br />
How many people own guns in<br />
California? It’s a tough question to answer<br />
with specificity because there are<br />
still a lot of guns that are not registered,<br />
and the registration information is not<br />
publicly available.<br />
But one study puts the number at<br />
20.1% of all Californian’s. Of California’s<br />
38.8 million people, that<br />
would means just under 7.8 million<br />
are gun owners.<br />
See:http://injuryprevention.bmj.<br />
com/content/early/2015/06/09/injuryprev-2015-041586.full.pdf?keytype=ref&ijkey=doj6vx0laFZMsQ2<br />
Studies like these are all surveys, so<br />
you could also use the national average<br />
of 29.1%, which would put the numbers<br />
of California gun owners at 11.2 million.<br />
But people don’t always answer<br />
the question of whether they own a gun<br />
honestly. Many gun owners don’t like<br />
telling unknown and potentially biased<br />
surveyors what they have at home. This<br />
means all the surveys probably underestimate<br />
the number of gun owners.<br />
What we do know is that last year<br />
in California people bought 1.5 million<br />
guns, and that sales number has been<br />
breaking records for years. However,<br />
that doesn’t capture the number of individual<br />
gun owners. Many gun owners<br />
buy more than one gun.<br />
There is also an interesting survey<br />
that shows how California has more<br />
guns than any other state in the nation<br />
(nearly 1 firearm per person), suggesting<br />
that the number of guns in California<br />
alone rivals the total number of guns<br />
in China.<br />
See: http://www.movoto.com/blog/<br />
opinions/gun-ownership-map/<br />
OUR BEST GUESS IS THAT<br />
THERE ARE AROUND 7-12 MILLION<br />
GUN OWNERS IN CALIFORNIA.<br />
IF THEY ALL VOTED, GUN OWN-<br />
ERS WOULD CONTROL CALIFOR-<br />
NIA POLITICS!!!<br />
Register now at registertovote.ca.gov<br />
If you are already registered, tell a<br />
friend! And above all, don’t waste your<br />
#GUNVOTE!<br />
FROM THE EDITOR:<br />
Happy Spring <strong>CRPA</strong> Firing Line readers!<br />
I hope those of you who attended our 141st<br />
Annual Awards Banquet last month had as much<br />
fun as we did! What a wonderful evening honoring<br />
America’s Law Enforcement while celebrating Second<br />
Amendments rights!<br />
The theme behind this issue is civil rights<br />
activism and we are very exciting to be launching our<br />
“Get Out the Vote” campaign as we head into election season. We are really passionate<br />
about getting people registered to vote and getting those that are already registered out<br />
to the polls. I want to encourage each and every one of you to utilize your right to vote<br />
to protect your right to bear arms. We are counting on <strong>CRPA</strong> members to ROCK THE<br />
GUNVOTE! If you are as passionate as we are about civil rights activism, send an email<br />
to contact@crpa.org and ask about how you can help get out the vote, too!<br />
As always don’t forget to check out <strong>CRPA</strong>’s Master Calendar for upcoming shows,<br />
matches, and events.<br />
Thank you for your dedication and support!<br />
-Holly Furman<br />
Editor-in-Chief and Marketing<br />
& Communications Specialist<br />
Visit eddieeagle.nra.org for<br />
cool videos and fun activities!<br />
“Ineptocracy”<br />
A system of government where<br />
the least capable to lead are elected<br />
by the least capable of producing,<br />
and where the members of society<br />
least likely to sustain themselves or<br />
succeed, are rewarded with goods<br />
and services paid for by the confiscated<br />
wealth of a diminishing number<br />
of producers.<br />
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MARCH / APRIL
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