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Boom: Up to 60% of Americans could own guns, twice estimate
Wash9ington Examiiner ^ | July 30, 2023 | Paul Bedard

Posted on 07/30/2023 12:32:10 PM PDT by libstripper

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To: libstripper

For protection against criminals and tyrannical government “people”, but I repeat myself.


21 posted on 07/30/2023 1:15:57 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: V_TWIN

I was working with a guy years ago when I wanted to buy my first pistol.

“John - I bet you’re a gun guy. Where’s a good place in town to buy a pistol.”

He laughed.

“Yeah - a got about a hundred - I just need one more.”

I thought he was joking.

He wasn’t. (And he always needed “just one more”.)

And he wasn’t a “gun nut”. Just a normal guy that liked working with his hands. He had never mentioned guns prior, and only once afterwards asking if I had gone where he recommended.


22 posted on 07/30/2023 1:16:53 PM PDT by 21twelve (Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful.)
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To: libstripper

Tragic Boating Accident;
TBA’s
Yuppers.


23 posted on 07/30/2023 1:21:52 PM PDT by Big Red Badger (The Truman Show)
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To: libstripper

Only 60%? Boy, I’d hate to be any idiot that would do something foolish enough to try and put their leader in jail. Nah, nobody is that stupid!


24 posted on 07/30/2023 1:40:35 PM PDT by Highest Authority (DemonRats are pure EVIL)
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To: SauronOfMordor

That right there. Millions of pre-‘64, pre-4473 firearms out there. They have no idea.


25 posted on 07/30/2023 1:41:57 PM PDT by umbagi (Patriotism is supporting your country all the time and your government when it deserves it. [Twain])
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To: libstripper

Offer Krispy Kreme donuts as a buyback. That number will be in the 20’s in no time. :)


26 posted on 07/30/2023 1:48:22 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: umbagi

Even more recent purchases, when the registered owner has died, and the guns were no longer in the house when estate inventory was made, who can know who they were gifted to?


27 posted on 07/30/2023 1:59:01 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: umbagi

If you are over 60 and have kids who like guns, and are in a state which allows transfers to family members without need of paperwork (like PA),
it’s a good idea to draw up paperwork saying you hereby gift [item serial #] to [relative’s name].

Even if the gun doesn’t physically leave your house yet.


28 posted on 07/30/2023 2:04:43 PM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: umbagi
That's a lot of what's keeping a lid on this chit right now I think.
Talked to a friend a couple years ago who had just inherited his grandfathers house in SW Iowa.
While they were cleaning the house out to sell, he found two fully auto Thompsons in the attic. He talked to one of the neighbors and the neighbor told him that a lot of ranchers and farmers used to buy them at the local hardware store back in the day.
My friend told me that he doesn't know what happened to the Thompsons and that since there aren't any lakes or rivers close by to lose them in, he figures that some local azzhole must have stole them.
Pity.
29 posted on 07/30/2023 2:09:31 PM PDT by skimbell
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To: libstripper; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; umgud; ..

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30 posted on 07/30/2023 2:11:24 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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To: PeterPrinciple

According to a groundbreaking study of those who lie to pollsters about firearms.

They study people, who lie to pollsters now...............

Next, they will survey those, who think about lying to pollsters!


31 posted on 07/30/2023 2:13:57 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (The very most questionable things are the ones that you are forbidden to ask or to question!)
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To: libstripper

Who are the dummies who thought only 30% owned firearms? Simple truth is, whether folks admit it or not, most households outside of the cities own firearms.

If the leftists ever think they are going to take over this country, they have a huge, HUGE surprise in store.


32 posted on 07/30/2023 2:14:45 PM PDT by McGavin999 ( A sense of humor is a sign of intelligence, leftists have no sense of humor, therefore………)
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To: libstripper

Hi.

Of course the following is anecdotal...

I don’t know anyone in St. Pete that isn’t armed.

5.56mm


33 posted on 07/30/2023 2:21:28 PM PDT by M Kehoe (Quid Pro Joe and the Ho have got to go)
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To: Antihero101607

“There are also many people who simply, if unknowingly, practice good opsec and keep their mouths shut about what they may, or may not own.”

Genteel sailing manuals when mentioning actions of import, start off those cautionary paragraphs with “The prudent mariner...”


34 posted on 07/30/2023 2:39:55 PM PDT by Clutch Martin ("The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right." )
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To: libstripper
60%? Way higher than that. No one trusts FedGov or the local Po-Po to protect them anymore.

At leat no one who's SMART!

35 posted on 07/30/2023 2:41:14 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: libstripper
60% is not enough.

Should be closer to 100%

36 posted on 07/30/2023 3:25:23 PM PDT by grobdriver (The CDC can KMA!)
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To: sjmjax

>20% of Americans are under 18.


37 posted on 07/30/2023 3:26:50 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: hardspunned

I used to make a point of buying a weapon before each presidential election. I think it takes months to get the NICS done, these days.


38 posted on 07/30/2023 3:29:07 PM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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I think it takes months to get the NICS done, these days.

I've purchased x handguns and y long guns in the last five years or so, each of which completed its NICS within the hour of each purchase.

Where "x"= a number greater than 5 and less than or equal to 50 and "y"= a number greater than 3 and less than or equal to 20.

39 posted on 07/30/2023 3:38:21 PM PDT by BlueLancer (One for all ... All for one ... Every man for himself) (Moe, Larry, and Curley)
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To: libstripper
polls show support for gun control, but then there is little follow through when legislation is proposed.

Those polls may be as accurate as the ones showing Hillary Clinton would win the election. Manufactured consent.


40 posted on 07/30/2023 3:38:35 PM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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