Finally, some good news on guns. The number of American homes with guns has fallen over the last four decades, according to a national poll. It gets better: some drops are in the gun-lovin' south and Western mountain states. The General Social Survey, which is taken even two years, shows a clear drop in the rates across many demographics in America. In the '90s 43 percent of households had guns, while in the 2000s only 35 percent held firearms. In 2012, 34 percent of households had guns. The numbers are a sharp contrast to the idea that gun sales have been skyrocketing after Sandy Hook--which may suggest that existing gun owners are just buying more.