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Study: White men have guns due to feelings of inadequacy and fear of black people
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:22 pm
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:22 pm
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White men stockpile guns because they’re scared of black people and feel inadequate, science says
Who likes guns and why?
That’s the subject of a new Scientific American article which draws from a number of scientific studies, finding a very specific profile of the average American gun owner. It’s a relatively small group since just three percent of the population owns half of the country’s firearms.
According to science, the average gun owner is a white man without much education who is worried about providing for his family and who is afraid of black people.
“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,” Scientific American writes. “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.”
Among the works cited in the article is a 2017 study by two Baylor sociologists who plotted gun owners on a “gun empowerment scale.” They found that the people who were “most emotionally and morally attached to their guns” were 65 percent male and 78 percent white.
“We found that white men who have experienced economic setbacks or worry about their economic futures are the group of owners most attached to their guns,” one of the Baylor sociologists said. “Those with high attachment felt that having a gun made them a better and more respected member of their communities.”
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The solution is not to mock these men, says Angela Stroud, author of Good Guys with Guns.
“Ridicule of working-class white people is not helpful,” she tells Scientific American
Their goal was to profile the average gun owner. Maybe they're right, but there's nothing average about your boy Pecker, physically or intellectually. So I find this article amusing.
No word yet on why women have guns, or why so many AFRICAN AMERICANS in the inner-cities have so many guns.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:22 pm to Pecker
So why do black men have guns?
Am i safe to assume the answer?
Am i safe to assume the answer?
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:23 pm to Pecker
African Americans kill other African Americans with guns because they feel insecure of other African Americans
That was easy
That was easy
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:23 pm to Pecker
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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.
our fine thuggin it and lovin it itizens of BR agree. well except for the bold part
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Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:23 pm to Pecker
some jackass on FB i know posted this. Immediate unfriend
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:23 pm to Pecker
this is bullshite. Nobody will ever even know I have a gun until they are looking down the end of it. The only way that will happen is if you are on my property trying to harm me or my family or steal. Then its your arse.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:24 pm to Pecker
Study would be a bit different if it wasn’t only legal guns
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:25 pm to Nado Jenkins83
This article automatically threw a huge elephant in the room without even meaning to.
It’s comical how fast it made me wonder why there is so much black on black gun violence in a city like Chicago?
It’s comical how fast it made me wonder why there is so much black on black gun violence in a city like Chicago?
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:25 pm to Pecker
This goes by legal firearms right?? Then where is the study on why the other guys need illegal firearms??
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:25 pm to Pecker
quote:No shite.
They tend to be less educated.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:26 pm to Pecker
Someone should take note of everyone who responds in this thread and look up how many bbc response posts they’ve made on the OT
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:26 pm to Pecker
This study just takes into account registered guns. Wonder who the average owner of a gun with the serial number filed off is
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:26 pm to Pecker
shite article by RawStory and your link goes right back to it, not Scientific American. Further, the study they're referring to specifically is a sociology study.
Bad journalism is bad.
Bad journalism is bad.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:26 pm to Pecker
Every time I hear a white women talk about the gun she carries I just assume she’s scared an AA homeless man may try to carjack her in traffic.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:28 pm to Pecker
"According to a study by the Democratic National Committee"
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:30 pm to Fat and Happy
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This article automatically threw a huge elephant in the room without even meaning to.
when you attempt to insult a group of people by saying they're wary of another group of people, without realizing why said group would be wary of other said group
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:31 pm to Pecker
There's a reason the color of my front sight isn't "wife beater t-shirt" white.
Posted on 3/19/18 at 5:31 pm to Pavoloco83
quote:Easy there.
The only way that will happen is if you are on my property trying to harm me or my family or steal. Then its your arse.
This post was edited on 3/19/18 at 5:32 pm
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