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5 Percent of D.C. Homes Have Loaded or Unlocked Guns
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| Tuesday, Sep. 6, 2005 - 11:48 AM
| Associated Press
Posted on 09/06/2005 11:40:36 AM PDT by RobertP
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To: RobertP
All guns are loaded until you personally verify that they are not.
I believe this survey was generated by asking children about their parents. Is this really a way to get truthful answers? My kids, when very young had no idea that a gun was in the house. (And while kids were coming and going the gun was in a locked safe. (So much for home defense, but it was there if I had time to get it. The compromise worked for me. Now that the kid ia away at school, the guns are easier to get, and come out of hiding when unrest is nearby.
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posted on
09/06/2005 11:53:12 AM PDT
by
KC_for_Freedom
(Sailing the highways of America, and loving it.)
To: sockmonkey
I see 5 about 10 feet to my left, and know there's another one about 3 feet behind me.
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posted on
09/06/2005 11:53:25 AM PDT
by
King Prout
(and the Clinton Legacy continues: like Herpes, it is a gift that keeps on giving.)
To: RobertP
Yeah..sure.
If I was asked...I wouldn't tell anyone I had guns either. And I'm not a criminal.
Although I am rich....so in the eye's of the Dems...I am a criminal.
Yikes!!! LOL!!
To: RobertP
Wyoming's number one? Heck. Gotta go - I'm headed to the gun store.
To: RobertP
Just damn, nothing like an unloaded and locked up gun for self defense against home invasion.
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posted on
09/06/2005 12:25:35 PM PDT
by
Ursus arctos horribilis
("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
To: Ursus arctos horribilis
Don't forget the combo for your mandatory trigger guard.
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posted on
09/06/2005 12:29:11 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
To: ARealMothersSonForever
Don't forget about Vermont, where you don't even need a permit to carry a high-capacity Saturday night special assault .50 caliber cop-killing armor-piercing semiautomatic Derringer revolver handgun around in public parks. Concealed, no less!!
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posted on
09/06/2005 12:32:01 PM PDT
by
coloradan
(Hence, etc.)
To: Hatteras
That was the lib dude that abhored guns, BUT kept one secretly?
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posted on
09/06/2005 12:32:47 PM PDT
by
litehaus
To: RobertP
Last I heard, you were allowed to keep rifles in D.C., but not handguns.
To: coloradan
Don't forget about Vermont, where you don't even need a permit to carry a high-capacity Saturday night special assault .50 caliber cop-killing armor-piercing semiautomatic Derringer revolver handgun around in public parks. Concealed, no less!! Sawed-off?
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posted on
09/06/2005 12:37:25 PM PDT
by
Sloth
(Archaeologists test for intelligent design all the time.)
To: RobertP
The report finds overall 1.7 million U.S. children live in homes that have loaded and unlocked guns
Our children (ages 17, 12, 10 and 8) know exactly where the guns are, that they are loaded, how to correctly use them and what would happen if they ever so much as thought about handeling them irresponsibly.
Additionally, they are comfortable on a shooting range, enjoy shooting, received their first rifle on their 8th birthdays and when get home from practicing, the boys' job is to field strip, clean and reassemble all of the guns as necessary.
The only one who still needs help with cleaning her .30-.30 is my daughter; hopefully by the time she is nine, she'll have gotten better at it.
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posted on
09/06/2005 12:44:49 PM PDT
by
Sweet_Sunflower29
(... roll on daddy 'till you get back home... roll on 18 wheeler, roll on...)
To: litehaus
Correct. That is, until some white kids snuck over his fence one night to take a dip in his pool.
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posted on
09/06/2005 12:46:28 PM PDT
by
Hatteras
To: popdonnelly
You can have a shotgun in DC, if you pay the fee, but no handguns and no rifles are allowed. Trouble is, I can't remember the last time someone in DC was killed by a shotgun blast.
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posted on
09/06/2005 12:50:33 PM PDT
by
3AngelaD
To: RobertP
BANG!
S&W on my hip, Mossy next to the night stand, Walther in the bathroom vanity, AK47 next to the porch door. All loaded. All unlocked.
God Bless America!
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posted on
09/06/2005 12:51:43 PM PDT
by
rarestia
To: RobertP
The District may have a high number of gun-related crimes, but according to a new report it has the lowest number of homes with loaded and unlocked guns.
This ought to read: "The District has a high number of gun-related crimes because it has the lowest number of homes with loaded and available self-defense weapons."
To: RobertP
I'm sure this is an accurate survey in a gun-banned community. Hello, is this the owner of the house? We're just doing a survey to see if you have a gun( or guns) in your home. If so, are they loaded and locked or just loaded? How many, if any, children live in this home. etc.
YOU HAVE TO BE KIDDING ME
To: clee1
ALL of my guns, 15+, are loaded and unlocked.As are my Sigs and Rugers.
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posted on
09/06/2005 1:04:20 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: dynachrome
Don't forget the combo for your mandatory trigger guard. Or the key on the key-ring in your car in the garage.
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posted on
09/06/2005 1:13:45 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: coloradan
Don't forget about Vermont, where you don't even need a permit to carry a high-capacity Saturday night special assault .50 caliber cop-killing armor-piercing semiautomatic Derringer revolver handgun around in public parks. LOL. Unfortunately, some people believe that, that configuration exists.
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posted on
09/06/2005 1:15:32 PM PDT
by
Cobra64
To: RobertP
So I'd be interested in finding out if there is a correlation between loaded guns in the home and the crime rate in the various states.
I'm sure there is but don't have the figures to prove it.
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posted on
09/06/2005 1:15:54 PM PDT
by
mushroom
(.)
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