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Tuesday, August 30th, 2022

Republicans in Congress are about three times as likely as Democrats to indicate that they own a gun. 

Author:     ISABEL WEBB CAREY and DREW DESILVER
Source:     Pew Research Center
Publication Date:     AUGUST 25, 2022
 Link: Republicans in Congress are about three times as likely as Democrats to indicate that they own a gun. 
Stephan:   Yesterday I did several articles on the masculinity issues that plague MAGAt world. Well today, here is another story on this trend, a report that is very revealing about MAGAt Republicans in Congress. Guess who owns the guns amongst Congressional members, and guess who votes against the laws designed to regulate the weapons that each year kill tens of thousands of Americans. Did you guess right?

Republicans in the United States are considerably more likely than Democrats to say they own a gun, as Pew Research Center surveys have consistently found. A similar pattern appears among members of Congress, according to a new analysis of lawmakers’ social media posts, press releases, interview transcripts and other publicly available information, as well as direct correspondence with lawmakers’ offices.

Overall, at least 110 representatives and senators in the current 117th Congress have publicly stated or otherwise confirmed that they own a gun as of Aug. 9. Around three-quarters of these confirmed congressional gun owners (85 of 110, or 77%) are members of the GOP, while the remainder (25 of 110, or 23%) are Democrats.

A chart showing that at least 110 members of Congress own a gun

The partisan difference in gun ownership among members of Congress is greatest in the House, where Republicans make up 82% of confirmed gun owners (68 of 83) despite being a minority of the chamber. In the Senate, the difference is more modest: Republicans there account for 63% of confirmed […]

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2 Comments

  1. Albus Eddie on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 6:02 am

    “to say they own a gun….”. I suspect that many in congress have firearms in the household but are unwilling to admit it. After all, why should they make public how they exercise their rights?

  2. Rev. Dean on Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at 11:35 am

    I wonder how many members of congress own AR-15’s! I bet they wouldn’t even admit it if they did!