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Their "Studies have shown" comment is an out and out fabrication, at bust lying with statistics. They do not give a cite, it almost certainly includes suicides, and they parse the sentence to only include a very small category of attackers (burglars). I guess it doesn't count if it is a home invader, an arsonist, or an abusive ex. It seems most people are not buying it.
1 posted on 09/15/2012 7:03:46 PM PDT by marktwain
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Love the results. Tried to split the pro gun position into multiple votes and they still lose.

Way to go ladies! Glad the majority of you own your own gun!


2 posted on 09/15/2012 7:05:34 PM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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* I have my own gun at home. 32%

I snorted... something.... onto the keyboard, I LOLed so hard.

Wimminz are getting a clue.

/johnny

3 posted on 09/15/2012 7:05:38 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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Yes. It makes me feel safe. 31%

No. It freaks me out. 21% I have my own gun at home. 32%

It doesn't bother me either way. 15%

Total Votes: 1,867

4 posted on 09/15/2012 7:06:37 PM PDT by bmwcyle (Corollary - Electing the same person over and over and expecting a different outcome is insanity)
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To: marktwain; Revolting cat!; Slings and Arrows; JoeProBono; Lazamataz
"So long as he's shooting blanks."


5 posted on 09/15/2012 7:07:36 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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"So long as he's shooting blanks."


6 posted on 09/15/2012 7:08:29 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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"So long as he's shooting blanks."


7 posted on 09/15/2012 7:09:21 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Obama likes to claim credit for getting Osama. Why hasn't he tried Khalid Sheikh Mohammed yet?)
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Would you be okay with your guy hiding a gun at home?

DON'T HIDE THE WEAPON! It should be on the table, in plain sight for everyone to see.

That way, when the cops walk in, and ask "Why do you have a gun on the table?", you can answer "There isn't room for a cop".

/johnny

8 posted on 09/15/2012 7:09:34 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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Angelina Jolie is Jon Voight’s daughter. That may account for some of her positive traits.


9 posted on 09/15/2012 7:10:02 PM PDT by Elsiejay
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Also neglects to include criminals thwarted by being injured or simply scared away by a gun. After all, a “successful” use of a gun for self defense doesn’t automatically result in a dead criminal (all stories can’t have a perfect ending).


10 posted on 09/15/2012 7:10:20 PM PDT by FLAMING DEATH (Freedom of speech is delicious. It tastes like chicken.)
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Almost every lady carries a handgun on her person or in her purse down here.


11 posted on 09/15/2012 7:13:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland United States. There would be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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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.

It's easy to make scary statistics if you isolate them from any context.

According to DOJ crime statistics, guns are used by private citizens 2.5 million times per year to prevent violent crimes like rape, robbery, home invasions and carjackings, 99% of the time without a shot being fired.

http://gunfacts.info/

What happens to those 2.5 million people per year when you take away their guns?

The places with the most mass-shooting are also the places where guns are not allowed; churches, schools, government buildings, etc. They are therefore the very places where psychopaths can feel safest from interference.

Outlawing guns will not get rid of guns any more than outlawing drugs got rid of drugs. Guns can be manufactured clandestinely just like drugs can be manufactured clandestinely. Outlawing guns will only ensure that government and other sociopaths are the only ones with guns.

Governments, primarily socialist/Communist governments, murdered 200,000,000 of their own citizens in the past hundred years, and gun control was always the prelude to those genocides.

Help Make Genocide Safe for the Governments of the World

13 posted on 09/15/2012 7:18:50 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Government is the religion of the sociopath.)
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Not only do I have a gun, I have one in just bout every room in the house. I invite you to break in at night. It will depend in which room I’m in, as to which gun you’ll be blown apart with anything from a 12 Ga with “OO” buckshot or deer slug, to 40 S&W.

Oh! By the way I refuse to bless that poll with my preference!


14 posted on 09/15/2012 7:20:06 PM PDT by chainsaw ("Two ways to conquer and enslave a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt.")
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“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. “

I don’t think so. These supposed studies are totally bogus. We both have weapons and we will never give a burglar an even break.


15 posted on 09/15/2012 7:21:21 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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You have to have an opinion on the issue.

/johnny

20 posted on 09/15/2012 7:48:57 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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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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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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33 posted on 09/15/2012 8:27:12 PM PDT by Pilsner
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Possibly ping list worthy.


42 posted on 09/15/2012 9:24:16 PM PDT by AZ .44 MAG (Repeal Obama)
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To: marktwain; Travis McGee; dixiechick2000; Squantos; Pelham

My wife who is every bit the fashion maven Gurley-Brown wished she had been...blogs about cutting edge clothing stuff from odd places like Denmark .....thinks Kate Moss is a demigod for coolness and style at 40 and was a former music video chick herself back in the day before I corrupted her..and serially repopulated the earth with her

says for the record she thanks Gawd her man has guns and knows how to use them to protect her and all those spawn* she cares for in their home in the country

let me tell you kids here ..this from a dude who lived amongst the bots in NYC and lived with a Barnard prof when all this crap took off in the 80s

even the worst harridan strident fembot shrew deep inside still wants a man to be a man...open doors...go Rhett on her from time to time...see the movie...”the staircase incident”

and make her feel safe and taken care of

don’t be that little dwarf dweeb letting her drive the Prius

nut up!

*oldest manchild at 12 is actually adequate to fill in for pride leader if called upon...knows where they are and what to do with them...at today gorgeous dove hunt...he hit more than daddy to be honest...it was the guns’ fault (an 80 year old Sweet Sixteen modyfied)...lol...the doves felt sorry for me and flew lower and slower so I could see them


46 posted on 09/15/2012 9:37:17 PM PDT by wardaddy (this is a perfect window for Netanyahu to bomb Iran..I hereby give my go ahead..thanks Muzzie idiots)
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very positive comments on the site

all things considered

guns empower women...literally..more than a nice “career” paychek even

women without guns live in a physical fear most men simply never have till we men get older then you realize you are getting more like how women feel

not steady or quick enough to fight like you used to...and i hate that to tell ya the truth

my last gig was at 43 and I won...a much younger man too..but I know now any fight I get in better be quick and if I hit the gravel rolling around it will hurt a lot more

my boys are getting older and damned tuff...maybe they can cover for me..lol

my own dad could kick ass till mid 60s...

in all seriousness ...lack of balance is what I feel more than anything except of course...wind


48 posted on 09/15/2012 9:45:16 PM PDT by wardaddy (this is a perfect window for Netanyahu to bomb Iran..I hereby give my go ahead..thanks Muzzie idiots)
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