beowulf

Skipped history in school, did you? Asking a question doesn't necessarily mean I don't know the answer.

Looks like it might be challenged. I think the courts are wrong.

Apparently you have never heard of Nullification. States used nullify Federal laws that they disagreed with. It's part of the Constitution.

I don't think any of those examples support any price regulation by the government.

So is that a 9 cell cross braced canopy?

How many examples are there of this happening? Monopolies tend to be state supported.

I don't understand why people care about it either. I also don't really understand why gays would want marriage. I personally think it's not all it's cracked up to be and have no interest in ever getting married. I say let them have the option. They can have all the marriages and divorces they want, good luck.

I don't think the Gov should have any role in the pricing of goods. If companies want to have price war then have at it. That tends to be a good thing for consumers.

http://dailycaller.com/2013/01/26/state-regulators-crack-down-on-grocery-chain-for-selling-cheap-milk/ Oh horror! Selling milk at a loss!

I'm of the mind that COULD is really WILL. The crooks are gonna keep theirs now you add in the defenders of the 2nd and you have more illegal weapons...simply because you passed a "law". So how come the inverse is not also true? Legalize all guns and you'll have fewer illegal ones. Eliminate speed limits and you'll have fewer speeders. Legalize drunk driving and you'll have fewer DUIs. Same logic. Still can't come up with anything intelligent to say?! Hardly my fault if you can't follow along. You haven't said anything intelligent yet. So not much to follow.

Some may be criminals that are not going to answer truthfully.

You are jumping to conclusions. Not participating doesn't make someone dishonest. Not telling the truth on a poll or survey is petty white lie. It' doesn't necessarily make someone a dishonest person.

My skepticism regarding polls and surveys is not due to the methods in this case. It's more because of the subject. I think a good many people are likely to not participate or be truthful on this subject. I am sure Gallop and GSS have good methods and are reliable. I think the probability that the poll/survey is correct is much lower then what you think.

That doesn't make them conclusive.

Just because there is data doesn't mean it's good data.

There is no data that supports them. They are inconclusive.

The polls and surveys regarding gun ownership could be entirely wrong. It just depends on who responds and how truthful they are. I think many gun owners would not respond and that would skew the numbers.

Again that is your opinion and mine differs. I won't repeat myself again. That was not an opinion; that was mathematics. No, it's your opinion that surveys and polls are enough to draw conclusions from. I disagree. It's not a mathematical certainty.

The maximum likelihood principle tells us it is more likely that ownership rate is decreasing while sales are increasing. Again that is your opinion and mine differs. I won't repeat myself again.

Also consider that a significant number of guns are sold via private sales, of which there is no way to track. And there are the guns that are handed down from generation to generation. The numbers regarding gun ownership are very difficult to pin down.

We will just have to agree to disagree on this. I don't think that is enough to make a conclusion. I think it's much more likely that gun ownership is increasing.

Right, there isn't any hard data regarding new gun ownership. This is what NICS provide. From this there is no way to determine how many new gun owners or repeat buyers or even the total gun purchases. It could give a rough estimate of gun purchases. http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/nics/reports/20130102_1998_2012_state_monthly_totals.pdf

I didn't specify any time period. I don't think NICS specifies whether or not they are first time background checks and I didn't claim they did. I also said that the number of NICS background checks doesn't directly translate to gun purchases because not all result in a gun purchase, but most do.

Yes, we do. Just because you don't like surveys does not invalidate them. There is no way to verify the Gallup poll or GSS survey regarding this, so we can just agree to disagree.

Combine that with the long term decline of gun ownership, and the most plausible explanation is that repeat buyers make up the bulk of the purchases. We don't know that there has been a decrease in gun owners. You just have a poll and survey that suggest that. You are assuming they are accurate.