The long-running General Social Survey, maintained at the University of Chicago, has been asking about gun ownership since its inception in the 1970s. It has found that the number of people who say they have a gun in their home is at an all time low â hovering around 30 percent, from a high of 50 percent in the 1970s.unting, while still a major part of American life, has seen a decline in part because of urbanization. The household effect is twofold: first, because fewer adults in the house mean fewer potential gun-owners, and second, that women are much less likely to own a firearm.
A pregnancy test is the first option to use to be certain of this because many factors can lead to late periods and every menstrual cycle is different. Generally speaking, if you usually have a regular menstrual cycle, a period up to 10 days late can be normal. Having a late period can be because of a number of reasons: Delayed ovulation can be caused because of anxiety or stress which can result in a late period.
1 You may be pregnant. 2  Take a home pregnancy test or see your gynaecologist for a thorough examination. 3  If the result is negative, then you and your doctor will have to further investigate what the cause for your late periods might be.4  Young girls in their teens usually have late periods.ortunately, being pregnant is only one of hundreds of reasons that you may have late periods. All women have late periods at some point. It is not a cause for undue concern and generally the problem will just resolve itself. You may be a day or two late, a week late, or you may miss a period altogether.