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Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns?
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:09 pm
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:09 pm
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The short, broad-brush answer to the first part of that question is this: men, who on average possess almost twice the number of guns female owners do. But not all men. Some groups of men are much more avid gun consumers than others. The American citizen most likely to own a gun is a white male—but not just any white guy. According to a growing number of scientific studies, the kind of man who stockpiles weapons or applies for a concealed-carry license meets a very specific profile.
These are men who are anxious about their ability to protect their families, insecure about their place in the job market, and beset by racial fears. They tend to be less educated. For the most part, they don’t appear to be religious—and, suggests one study, faith seems to reduce their attachment to guns. In fact, stockpiling guns seems to be a symptom of a much deeper crisis in meaning and purpose in their lives. Taken together, these studies describe a population that is struggling to find a new story—one in which they are once again the heroes.
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The insight Stroud gained from her interviews is backed up by many, many studies. A 2013 paper by a team of United Kingdom researchers found that a one-point jump in the scale they used to measure racism increased the odds of owning a gun by 50 percent. A 2016 study from the University of Illinois at Chicago found that racial resentment among whites fueled opposition to gun control. This drives political affiliations: A 2017 study in the Social Studies Quarterly found that gun owners had become 50 percent more likely to vote Republican since 1972—and that gun culture had become strongly associated with explicit racism.
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This wasn’t about familiarity with real-world guns—gun ownership and experience did not affect results. Instead, conservative attachment to guns was based entirely on ideology and emotions.
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For these economically insecure, irreligious white men, “the gun is a ubiquitous symbol of power and independence, two things white males are worried about,” says Froese. “Guns, therefore, provide a way to regain their masculinity, which they perceive has been eroded by increasing economic impotency.”
Turns out you guys are scared of your place in the world.
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:10 pm to CollegeFBRules
Yes, that propaganda piece has made the rounds of Prog sites over the past few months.
Typical bullshite.
Typical bullshite.
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:11 pm to CollegeFBRules
Two points for you here-
1- eat a big of dicks
2- have a downvote
1- eat a big of dicks
2- have a downvote
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:11 pm to CollegeFBRules
lol, idiocy
riddle me this: does it also make me “scared of my place in the world” to:
own a security system?
security cameras?
riddle me this: does it also make me “scared of my place in the world” to:
own a security system?
security cameras?
This post was edited on 5/19/18 at 1:13 pm
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:12 pm to CollegeFBRules
Well for the most part white men are about the only ones that can shoot them straight
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:12 pm to CollegeFBRules
I'll take, "bullshite propaganda posing as 'journalism' for $600, Alex."
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:13 pm to CollegeFBRules
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Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns?
Logic
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:13 pm to CollegeFBRules
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Why Are White Men Stockpiling Guns?
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CollegeFBRules
I'm glad you've finally come out as a racist.
I hate racists. Hopefully you have little influence over your children. Racist parenting is awful.
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:13 pm to CollegeFBRules
I guess all those brothas that shoot each other that I see on the news every night are doing it with pea shooters . Seriously, that’s pathetic, a Narrative in search of some facts.
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:13 pm to CollegeFBRules
Didn’t even need to open thread to know it begins and ends with fear
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:14 pm to Klark Kent
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lol, idiocy
Progs cannot understand anything outside the realm of racism and masculinity.
Like clockwork.
The OP used to be an independent thinker (or at least pretend to be) but is all over this typical propaganda of late.
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:14 pm to RogerTheShrubber
You think there is zero truth to the entire article and all those studies?
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:14 pm to CollegeFBRules
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there is zero truth to the entire article and all those studies
Period.
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:16 pm to CollegeFBRules
As I understand, most white men who like firearms also happen to own boats, and being the careless dupes that they are, have managed to lose their firearms in unfortunate boating accidents. So I don't think this is very accurate.
This post was edited on 5/19/18 at 1:17 pm
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:16 pm to RogerTheShrubber
Look at all of you melting over a couple of studies.
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:16 pm to CollegeFBRules
why do you care about the choices people make, Mr. “libertarian”
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:16 pm to CollegeFBRules
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You think there is zero truth to the entire article and all those studies
Most likely very little truth.
It's typical prog analysis. Lets accumulate raw data and filter it through the racial lense
And now, you are falling for it. What the frick happened to you? You used to be independent, thoughtful. Now, you're pulling up old propaganda pieces.
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:16 pm to CollegeFBRules
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You think there is zero truth to the entire article and all those studies?
Who gives a frick why people legally acquire guns?
Posted on 5/19/18 at 1:18 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Btw.....in my own personal experience, the most fearful people in America are not white men, but feminists and blacktivists
Studies show that white conservatives are the happiest people in America
Studies show that white conservatives are the happiest people in America
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