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It took just a little time for MSM to write stories about the need for more gun control from their President.
1 posted on 07/08/2016 7:51:18 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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Well, I am waiting to hear about stories about people in Vermont who carry either open or concealed (and you have never needed a permit to do so there). Or in Maine and New Hampshire (funny how most U.S. states that border Canada allow people to carry and also have homicide rates that are about the same as the neighbouring Canadian province(s)).


47 posted on 07/08/2016 9:20:00 AM PDT by OttawaFreeper ("If I had to go to war again, I'd bring lacrosse players" Conn Smythe)
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In Texas, 1 million people have handgun permits

And then there's the NFA weapons in Texas: machineguns and selective full-auto weapons, grenade launchers, silenced weapons and several other sorts of fun novelties:

Here is a look at per capita weapons data, based on the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and 2013 data from the U.S. Census.

While the ATF's National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record is the only accessible list of its kind, it is not all-inclusive. NFA firearms only include the categories regulated by The National Firearms Act of 1934: machine guns, short-barreled rifles, short-barreled shotguns, suppressors, destructive devices like bombs and grenades, concealable devices with the ability to discharge a shot through the energy of an explosive, and any firearm with a bore over half an inch that has not been determined to have a legitimate sporting use.

While this list is lengthy, it does not include categories like pistols, which make up a large percentage of the guns in the U.S. As such, the total numbers of guns in each state would actually be much higher than the figures here.

Texas comes in at number 18, with 12.8 guns on record for every 1,000 residents. That's 337,309 firearms among 26,448,193 people. In fact, the actual numbers are probably higher because Texans are not required by law to register their firearms. As such, the ATF can only count those who seek background checks.

Source: CBS News report *here.

54 posted on 07/08/2016 10:32:47 AM PDT by archy (Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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You have to admit that in the aftermath of an all out assault on law enforcement officers that anyone seen openly carrying a rifle just might be considered a suspect.......

At least the guy had the presence of mind to turn himself in..........

55 posted on 07/08/2016 10:39:21 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (If only Hillary had married OJ instead......)
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