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Do You Care If Your Man Has a Gun?(Cosmo poll to freep)
cosmopolitan.com ^ | 11 September, 2012 | Korin Miller

Posted on 09/15/2012 7:03:37 PM PDT by marktwain

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To: marktwain
Agenda-driven propaganda has lied Studies have shown that having a gun at home can increase the risk of firearm-related violence, and someone who lives in that house or visits it is 12 times more likely to be killed by that gun than a burglar.
21 posted on 09/15/2012 7:50:22 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Secret Agent Man

This is my rifle.
This is my gun.
This is for fighting, this is for fun!


22 posted on 09/15/2012 7:50:39 PM PDT by 9422WMR (Life is not fair, just deal with it.)
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To: vaudine
I have several guns. I am partial to the 9mm. It is effective and the ammo is cheap. For daily carry i like the .380. It is easy to put in any pocket. It is also light.
23 posted on 09/15/2012 7:54:43 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: vaudine
My younger grandsons are just beginning to be allowed into my house. They have been through all the safety courses, and they get a safety briefing at the door.

I do use the Sgt. voice thing.

Every weapon is loaded and dangerous. Every counter has knives that you can't see because you are short (mostly true). Every wire can kill if you touch it (also somewhat true).

One of you is a spare. I hope I don't have to see which one it is, today.

Mostly, the little guys walk around looking at stuff with their hands in their back pockets.

/johnny

24 posted on 09/15/2012 7:55:19 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Still Thinking

Well, since someone who lives in that house or even just visits there is hundreds or thousands of times more likely to even BE in that house than a random bad guy who may or may not pick that house, this is a pretty empty statistic.


25 posted on 09/15/2012 7:57:32 PM PDT by Let's Roll (Save the world's best healthcare - REPEAL, DEFUND Obamacare!)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Good stuff. I’d like to use that someday.


26 posted on 09/15/2012 8:04:54 PM PDT by GBA
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To: Let's Roll; All

The poll is getting hammered, in spite of the bogus “studies” quote. 4 out of 5 in favor or tolerant of gun ownership:

Would you be okay with your guy hiding a gun at home?

* Yes. It makes me feel safe.
33%

* No. It freaks me out.
19%

* I have my own gun at home.
33%

* It doesn’t bother me either way.
14%

Created on Sep 11, 2012

Total Votes: 2,058

Read more: Brad Pitt Gun at Home - Celebrities Who Like Guns - Cosmopolitan

This has to drive the writer crazy. Maybe she will be educated.


27 posted on 09/15/2012 8:11:12 PM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

Well, it’s kind of obvious. If you do not have a gun in your house, no one is going to be hurt by a gun in your house.

Duh.


28 posted on 09/15/2012 8:11:37 PM PDT by Vermont Lt (I am NOT from Vermont. I am from MA. And I don't support Romney. Please read before "assuming.")
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To: Jim from C-Town

Have several loaded guns tucked away in various rooms in the house that only family members know the location of.

Just in case of unwanted surprises.


29 posted on 09/15/2012 8:12:21 PM PDT by 353FMG (The US Constitution is only as effective as those who enforce it.)
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To: GBA
I've only got 2 grandsons in the state. I'd really not like to lose both.

So we do safety briefings. ;)

/johnny

30 posted on 09/15/2012 8:15:37 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper
“You have to have an opinion on the issue.”

Yes, I have an opinion:

“Studies have shown that having a gun at home can increase the risk of firearm-related violence...” Hell, yes, if it doesn't increase the risk of firearm-related violence, there is no point in having it. Firearm-related violence is what happens when you shoot an intruder.

If I had a man, sure I'd like him to have more than one gun and I would feel safer, plus he could shoot my Remington shot gun (has an extra barrel) and Remington rifle as both of those are too heavy for me. I'll use the Colt 38 special and the Ruger 38 special. Now, if I just had a man.................

31 posted on 09/15/2012 8:19:23 PM PDT by Marcella (Republican Conservatism is dead. PREPARE)
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To: 353FMG
Go potty in my house, and you have a loaded battle rifle in front of you that I haven't managed to put in overhead storage yet (next to the Christmas lights in the box). Some guests have mentioned it. One noted that it was Condition 1.

I'm not sure where they all are. I am sure one is handy to wherever I happen to be.

It's like ammo. If you know how much you have... you don't have enough.

/johnny

32 posted on 09/15/2012 8:22:26 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: marktwain

33 posted on 09/15/2012 8:27:12 PM PDT by Pilsner
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To: Marcella
Now, if I just had a man.................

Send picture of boat and motor.

34 posted on 09/15/2012 8:29:43 PM PDT by BlueDragon (going to change my name to "Nobody" then run for elective office)
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To: BlueDragon; Marcella
I don't care who you are... that was funny...

Scared the crap out of the catz, I laughed so hard.

/johnny

35 posted on 09/15/2012 8:33:11 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Let's Roll

True!


36 posted on 09/15/2012 8:36:04 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: JRandomFreeper
One of you is a spare.

What an excellent line! LOL

37 posted on 09/15/2012 8:38:59 PM PDT by Still Thinking (Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
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To: Pilsner
Losing battle... I punned here on FR about someone that said he didn't have a gun, and asked if he didn't even have a little Napolionic 6 pounder...

Nope. Arty boys are going to have to carry guns on their hips and over their shoulders, while they feed their guns.

We've lost an entire word. And it's meaning.

My personal firearms shall, of course, remain pistols or rifles, regardless of the current degradation of the language.

Gladius... pilum... whatever, dude...

/johnny

38 posted on 09/15/2012 8:42:20 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Still Thinking
I used it on my daughters for many years.

I quit using it last weekend when the younger told me that I'd decided... and BTW, she had my power of attorney.

Turns out that smart little minx was correct.

Grandkids don't know the trick yet, so it's still safe with them.

/johnny

39 posted on 09/15/2012 8:46:59 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Same up here ... Alaska ladies aren’t quesy about guns.


40 posted on 09/15/2012 8:51:23 PM PDT by ArmyTeach (Our liberties, we prize and our rights we will maintain ... USS Iowa BB 61)
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