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FIGHTING BACK: TAKING AIM
Las Vegas Review-Journal ^ | 12 feb 08 | JOHN PRZYBYS

Posted on 02/12/2008 6:51:45 AM PST by rellimpank

When a scary experience hits home, some seek security by purchasing their first handgun

In this expanding, population-busting, rapidly urbanizing valley, Southern Nevadans do all sorts of things to avoid becoming crime victims, from installing home alarm systems to signing up for self-defense classes.

Sometimes, they do something that surprises even them: buying a gun.

Teasing out how many of Southern Nevada's gun owners are new owners is difficult. So is figuring out how many guns are purchased strictly for self-protection as opposed to recreational uses.

However, the number of handguns in Southern Nevada has grown in recent years. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department records indicate that there were 46,522 handguns registered here in 2007, up from 40,821 in 2006 and 32,538 in 2005.

While that's at least in part a reflection of the valley's growth, it's safe to say that first-time gun owners are represented in those numbers

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bangllist; guns; nra

1 posted on 02/12/2008 6:51:47 AM PST by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

“However, the number of handguns in Southern Nevada has grown in recent years. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department records indicate that there were 46,522 handguns registered here in 2007, up from 40,821 in 2006 and 32,538 in 2005.”

Ridiculous...unless you believe that the criminal types have registered theirs, as well.

This statistic is criminal, on its face. The Second Amendment guarantees the right to keep and bear arms to the individual. It does not require registration. The ownership of firearms should NEVER be a concern of government, at any level.

Lock and Load.


2 posted on 02/12/2008 7:00:11 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion)
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To: rellimpank
I agreed with the quote from the PD spokesman:

"I can't tell them to get a gun or not get a gun," he says. "I can tell them that, if they do get a gun, gun safety is vitally important, and so is education." Henderson Police spokesman Keith Paul says if residents "feel more comfortable owning a gun, that's well within their rights to do it. The only thing we'd encourage to do is to not only buy a gun but get trained in how to use it. "Take a gun safety class. Practice with it. Don't leave it in the box and never use it and then think you have some concept of how to use it when the time arises."

The statement from the Brady Bunch, of course, is completely innaccurate:

The Brady Center doesn't advocate the banning of guns and "we don't say people shouldn't own guns," Horton says. "But we would like for them to be fully educated and be fully responsible gun owners." For example, Horton says, one study indicated that a gun in the home is 22 times more likely "to be used by somebody you know than to kill in self-defense," in the form of anything from the gun being used in a suicide, to an argument that gets out of hand, and even the accidental killing of a child.

I have never seen where that widely quoted "22 times more likely to be used against the owner" statistic is supported in any way. Its just thrown out there, as established fact, the way Democrats like to make proclamations. Does anybody know where the study is?

3 posted on 02/12/2008 7:19:38 AM PST by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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To: PubliusMM

Is the story mis-leading??? (big shocker)

I have to go check, but is there some requirement to “register” handguns in Nevada??? As the police spokeperson said there in that statement???

I have to wonder about the numbers they quoted there in that sentence...What is that exactly...


4 posted on 02/12/2008 7:37:17 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: dashing doofus

The Brady folks don’t even know where that study is... They made it up.

Gun control is: Solid stance, good sight picture, breath control, and squeeze the trigger.

Lock and Load.


5 posted on 02/12/2008 7:37:19 AM PST by PubliusMM (RKBA; a matter of fact, not opinion)
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To: stevie_d_64
but is there some requirement to “register” handguns in Nevada???

In Nevada no, but in Las Vegas yes.

L

6 posted on 02/12/2008 7:44:13 AM PST by Lurker (Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
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I’m not being nieve about this, but it seems rather rediculous to require it in one part of the state, yet not everywhere else...

Gun-control efforts make no sense, nor are they effective anyway you look at them...

Except giving the criminals something else to ignore...

But then again I’m preaching to the choir...


7 posted on 02/12/2008 7:50:16 AM PST by stevie_d_64 (Houston Area Texans (I've always been hated))
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To: dashing doofus
Does anybody know where the study is?

It's a thoroughly discredited study which was done in the last 1980's.

L

8 posted on 02/12/2008 7:56:51 AM PST by Lurker (Pimping my blog: http://lurkerslair-lurker.blogspot.com/)
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To: stevie_d_64
have to go check, but is there some requirement to “register” handguns in Nevada???

Apparently only in Clark County. The NRA/ILA sheet for Nevada says:

* As of October 1, 2007, Clark County requires individuals who are in the county for more than sixty days to register their handguns with local law enforcement. Registration of newly acquired handguns must be within seventy-two hours after taking title by purchase, gift or other transfer.

Or they may be talking about concealed carry permits, since they quote numbers from well before the date indicated above.

9 posted on 02/12/2008 9:11:18 AM PST by El Gato ("The Second Amendment is the RESET button of the United States Constitution." -- Doug McKay)
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To: dashing doofus
Does anybody know where the study is?

There probably isn't one. The Brady Bunch is well known for maunfacturing "facts".

The Second Amendment - Commentaries

10 posted on 02/14/2008 11:03:48 AM PST by PsyOp (Truth in itself is rarely sufficient to make men act. - Clauswitz, On War, 1832.)
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To: PsyOp

Thanks. Bookmarked. Some excellent info, all on one thread!


11 posted on 02/14/2008 11:13:59 AM PST by dashing doofus (Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber)
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