Question about gun ownership stats

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If I own two cars am I twice as likely to get into a wreck?  The number of households with guns has gone down but he number of guns gun households own has gone up.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/10/21/the-average-gun-owner-now-owns-8-guns-double-what-it-used-to-be/

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If I own two cars am I twice as likely to get into a wreck?  The number of households with guns has gone down but he number of guns gun households own has gone up.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/10/21/the-average-gun-owner-now-owns-8-guns-double-what-it-used-to-be/

Can't read the article because of the stupid paywall, but if this is the case, my guess would be the majority of gun-owners own guns for hunting or for sport rather than self-defense.

Unless you live in Fallujah nobody owns a gun for self defense.  The article was saying gun households now have over 8 guns per household vs something like 4 back in the 90s.