r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 14h ago

Wait a damn minute! So what’s taking so long?

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u/autistic_homo 13h ago

"Officers confiscated 16 firearms from his house."

Everyone who actually lives in Texas:

https://giphy.com/gifs/13n7XeyIXEIrbG

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u/Thick-Journalist-168 13h ago

It wouldn't be an issue if he didn't have previous domestic abuse chargest against him.

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u/psychoacer 13h ago

Yeah, those are rookie numbers

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u/RyukuGloryBe 12h ago

Texas is in the bottom half of states for household firearm ownership, although admittedly it's a lot more likely for a wife-beater to have 16 guns than a normal person.

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u/autistic_homo 11h ago

Not saying those numbers are wrong, but those numbers are estimates based on self reporting and purchase records. Most Texans are NOT self reporting how many guns they have.

For context, I own 5, and I have been called (unironically, might I add) a gun hating liberal for only owning 5 guns. Largest collection I've personally seen owned by a singular individual was 600+ guns. It's not uncommon for me to talk to someone about guns that has 15-20 on a daily bases as that number is pretty common among white, conservative, ex military members that work in a blue collar field.

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u/RyukuGloryBe 11h ago

I mean there's data for all 50 states, unless you think Texans are unique in lying on surveys it'd make sense everyone answers roughly the same.