Gun Culture Demographics - Who Are We?

[12GA00buck]

In the middle of my BS, will probably go to graduate school. Still undecided about majoring in psychology or environmental science. Is just me, or does anybody else suffer from acute heart failure when they look at tuition costs I know, in theory, degrees pay for themselves many times over, but student loans are a real moral killer.

Many of my family members are also gun owners, and most of them have undergraduate and/or graduate degrees. The anti's stereotype about the gun culture is complete nonsense.

 

[Kali Endgame]

I have about 90 units/credits, am single(hopefuly forever), read a lot, like classical music, hate racism, believe in equality, and drive a foreign car.

There are dirt bags in all walks of life no matter the education level.

 

[PotatoJudge]

Hey Elza, is your Datsun a 1500, 1600, or 2000? I bought my 2000 when I was 15 and tinkered with it until I sold it at 19. It was my automotive repair education car. Lots of education. Still remember the serial number, oddly.

I'm 23, my wife is working on her PhD in psychology (she's one of the good guys) and I'm in my second year of medical school, with undergrad BS in Biology (mostly wildlife) and a minor in Chem.

I see many things outside of school as educational costs. "This is how much it costs to learn to reload" or "this is how much it costs to learn to fit a safety." Often there is no monetary gain in education, but you always get something in return.

 

[HuntAndFish]

BS in Physics and BS Comp Sci.

 

[ArfinGreebly]

Missing Category

I had to choose "High School Diploma" -- or tried to, and clicked the one above it.

Duh.

You don't have a category for "High School Diploma and Taught Five Years of College Classes" so I'm kinda off the grid there.

Yeah. Taught computer languages for five years at what is now called Community College of Southern Nevada.

Wait. There's more.

Another ten years working with remedial and accelerated education overseas. In a teaching/counseling/admin capacity.

They don't hand out degrees for actual teaching, do they?

* Sigh *

High School Grad. Twenty-five plus years as a software/firmware engineer.

Whatta loser.

 

[Dr. Dickie]

I think some folks are confusing intelligence with education.
Two different things.
I've met my share of Ph.D.s that I personally wouldn't trust to give correct change from a $0.05 purchase.
I've met folks that never graduated H.S. and are smart and sharp as a tack.
Just remember: Everyone is ignorant of something. Some folks are ignorant of most everything. Ignorance can be overcome. Stupidity is not having the desire to overcome ignorance.
Higher education just means you didn't have the smarts to know when to quit
Ph.D. here (first got my B.S., you know what that stands for. Then I got my Philed higher and Deeper degree--now I got enough to spread it around).
But I do drive a pickup truck, does that count?

 

[qajaq59]

I'm just a retired old dude who likes to reload and is still strong enough to hold my rifle up.

 

[CU74]

Interesting, if irrelevant...........

+1 to Barbara ("...big difference between gun owner demographics and gun board demographics.") and to Xavier ("..too narrow a cross section of gun owners to get a representative picture").

I don't find it surprising that the education level of THR members is higher than the country-wide norm. I suspect the intelligence level is also higher, but I don't know how to measure that accurately. If nothing else, we are certainly diverse.

To add my data to the file that NSA is keeping on us, after several years as a Navy electronics technician I got a BS in Chemical Engineering (overeducated, underpaid plumber). Finished my "career" with a multi-national California-based US company as the Corporate Executive Compensation Advisor (pandering to executive greed). Now retired in Kansas, just the wife and me - children all grown and scattered - old 4-Runner, newer pickup truck, compact utility tractor, '71 240Z "project car", chainsaw, bush hog, etc.. Seasons tickets to the theater and Clemson football, still like ballet and symphony, (not very good here) and I check out Xavier's blog site every day.

 

[rantingredneck]

BS in Psychology with minor in Criminal Justice. Director of a Vocational Rehab program for adults with disabilities. Fiscally conservative/socially moderate (basically couldn't give a d@mn who wants to marry whom). Married with two kids. Wife also works in same field for same company in similar capacity.

I also have to agree with Dr. Dickie on the Piled Higher and Deeper thing. I haven't gone that route yet but may someday. The best description I've heard of post graduate education is that the further you go, you start to "know more and more about less and less until eventually you know everything about nothing".

 

[Stevie-Ray]

Tech school for Industrial Electrician. 51 year old Native American and IE for Ford Motor Co for the last 13 years with 29 in. Married to the same lovely lady for over 31 years. No kids, cats instead. Own 2 F150s, an 03 Harley Davidson anniversary edition for a daily driver and a 00 Lightning which serves as a toy and source of drain on my income. (Not stock) Can't decide to retire this year or wait a while. Probably depends on how much money I spend this year. We're in love with the Caribbean and have been all over it, so I doubt retirement is within a year or so. My gun hobby has been pretty much OK for the wife, though she personally wants no part of it. Sadly, her disabilities preclude her from handling practically any gun, so my awareness to protect her is rather heightened. She's pretty much my life.

 

[GunnySkox]

High school diploma, failed college, currently unemployed, but have a job lined up as kitchen staff at a country club over the summer.

~GnSx

 

[Legionnaire]

I like ArfinGreebly's response. Just because someone doesn't have a college degree doesn't mean that he or she isn't "educated." Likewise, a Ph.D. doesn't mean the individual isn't a redneck ...

Education level is an interesting statistic, but a single item poll isn't sufficient to make or break stereo-(as in two channels)-types, which are prototypical representations of a number of complex factors.

 

[VegasEgo]

21 year old, working as a bellman on graveyard, makes enough to keep myself buying guns that make me broke.... with some college, and working on becoming a LEO and goiing to Real Estate School.

 

[Deer Hunter]

Finishing High School in a few months. After that, I'm hitting Texas A&M University to study to become a doctor of some sorts.

 

[GrizzlyGraves]

Eagle Scout, associates degree, about to finish my B.A. in Criminal Justice from Eastern Washington University then on to a career in law enforcement or community corrections.

Hell, maybe I'll go on for a master's in constitutional law and get a job at the NRA or SAF in Bellevue, WA.

 

[Ian]

Long-haired bartender with an engineering degree.

 

[HiroProX]

Some college, didn't have time/funds to complete while working and honoring responsibilities. Presently a computer technician with 15 years experience, extremely well read (books > TV), taoist, individual anarchist, and general skeptic.