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Surprise: Gun ownership rises to 44% of all homes
« on: August 28, 2016, 05:06:29 pm »

Surprise: Gun ownership rises to 44% of all homes

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/surprise-gun-ownership-rises-to-44-of-all-homes/article/2600319

Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard)
8/26/16

After a steady decline in gun ownership in recent years, more homes are reporting having a weapon inside, according to a new survey.
 
Pew Research Center, in a poll on guns released Friday, showed that 44 percent of the country has a gun in the house. Some 51 percent don't.

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If Hillary wins - I will be busy, BLOAT! (It won't be long before she won't let you buy.)

If Trump wins, I won't be here to GLOAT. (I don't want to hang around while everyone looks at every speck in his eye.)

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Re: Surprise: Gun ownership rises to 44% of all homes
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2016, 05:07:37 pm »

Ha ha ha...


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I won't be here after the election and vote.

If Hillary wins - I will be busy, BLOAT! (It won't be long before she won't let you buy.)

If Trump wins, I won't be here to GLOAT. (I don't want to hang around while everyone looks at every speck in his eye.)

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Re: Surprise: Gun ownership rises to 44% of all homes
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2016, 07:37:35 pm »
Surprise: Gun ownership rises to 44% of all homes

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/surprise-gun-ownership-rises-to-44-of-all-homes/article/2600319

Paul Bedard (@SecretsBedard)
8/26/16

After a steady decline in gun ownership in recent years, more homes are reporting having a weapon inside, according to a new survey.
 
Pew Research Center, in a poll on guns released Friday, showed that 44 percent of the country has a gun in the house. Some 51 percent don't.

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I'm willing to better the percentage is much higher, there are probably many like me who refuse to tell anyone whether I have a gun in the home. Just the other day I had to go in for my "annual health assessment" and among the many questions they asked was "do you have a gun in the home?", and I answered truthfully" No, I do not have a gun in my home". :finger:

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Re: Surprise: Gun ownership rises to 44% of all homes
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2016, 07:39:40 pm »
You can have all the guns you want.

But what good are they without bullets?

And that will be the Rats' approach to Gun Control, make it impossible to get bullets.

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Re: Surprise: Gun ownership rises to 44% of all homes
« Reply #4 on: August 28, 2016, 07:50:35 pm »
44% depends on the area.

Where I,  live-rural country I  bet it is closer to 85-90%. All of my wife's female  friends own guns.  I know for a fact nearly every home on my road owns guns.

My brothers wife is liberal  - no guns and I bet all her liberal female friends are the same.

Inner cities more urban area I would say 25-30%

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Re: Surprise: Gun ownership rises to 44% of all homes
« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2016, 07:54:44 pm »
44% depends on the area.

Where I,  live-rural country I  bet it is closer to 85-90%. All of my wife's female  friends own guns.  I know for a fact nearly every home on my road owns guns.

My brothers wife is liberal  - no guns and I bet all her liberal female friends are the same.

Inner cities more urban area I would say 25-30%

Very true. There is such a wide discrepancy between city and rural culture anymore that these kinds of stats really need broken down along those lines. These days they are two radically different worlds and thinking.
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Re: Surprise: Gun ownership rises to 44% of all homes
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2016, 11:27:05 am »
And the reason for heavy ownership and recent sales?

It may very well be that the general public thinks it will have to fight for its freedoms.
It may take a revolution to keep the republic. There may be blood added to the soil.

Arrest, torture, trial and dispatch without appeal was the mode Stalin used. Arrests of
politburo, of judges, of generals, of family.  Fear was uniform.

Hitler had his own total control in a single night.

Many are still comfortable with Uncle Joe and his personal demeanor. They talk
fondly of his progressive nature. His five year plans.

Our government betters know, well, know better than us. The IRS is stocked with
guns and ammo and has its mind right. No hesitation in carrying out directives.

It is an interesting time to be living. Nothing boring about the next few months and
the years that follow.

Viva Trump! As if your life depended on it. It will.

Al
White, American, MAGA, 3% Neanderthal, and 97% Extreme Right Wing Conservative.

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