"Lena B Katz" > wrote in message
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>>>
>>> Are you assuming an equal distributions of guns? i.e. one gun per
>>> household? Or was that actually from the stats you got? (where, btw,
>>> did
>>> you get the stats?)
>>>
>>
>> Each permit represents one person, not one gun. The number of permits
>> does
>> not tell you how many guns exist. The stat came from an interview with
>> our
>> county sherrif a couple of years ago. I'm sure you could find the numbers
>> online if you wanted. I believe the NY State Police have the info at
>> their
>> web site, although I could be wrong. It's public info, though.
>
> k. Reasonably non-biased source detected. (I'm glad your source wasn't
> the NRA, which would have reason to distort the facts...).

Like many gun owners, I'm no big fan of the NRA, since they tend to have an
unhealthy, polarizing effect on the gun debate. But, the figures they use in
their arguments are backed up with cites (sources). They would only be
hurting their cause by fiddling with numbers whose accuracy can easily be
checked. Only an idiot would suggest such a thing.