Posted on 09/20/2016 5:10:14 AM PDT by lowbridge
America is being held hostage by a tiny minority of absolute lunatics for whom owning two, three, eight or even 10 guns is simply not enough.
That’s the main finding of the first comprehensive study of gun owners in two decades.
Among the many findings — that handgun purchases are soaring, that Americans wrongly believe they need more guns for personal safety, and that there are more privately held guns in this country than cars — is a bit of news so shocking, it should embolden our spineless lawmakers in Washington:
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So if gun owners represent a smaller portion of our population — and nearly half of all guns are owned by dead-enders — isn’t it time for our politicians to realize that they don’t have to listen to them anymore?
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Frankly, this self-defense argument should be handled by the psychiatrists of all these fraidy cats rather than our politicians, who should be debating concrete facts, not unfounded fears.
Worse, the only thing the self-defense crowd has to fear is the self-defense crowd itself: Studies show that people who die in accidental shootings were more than three times as likely to have had a firearm in their home.
(Excerpt) Read more at nydailynews.com ...
“Doesn’t this mean that there should be a government program to distribute more guns those deprived of one?”
Absotively, posilutely !!!
So, does that mean we need gun redistribution? Spread the weaponry around?
I seriously doubt the accuracy of this claim. Hopefully it will never come to a point where we find out either.
KelTec p-9;
Remington 1100;
and scoped Winchester .30-30.
Haven’t been in one place long enough lately to fill the first one though.
Kuntzman?
“The Harvard-Northeastern survey was conducted anonymously via an online panel. The researchers told the Guardian newspaper that they did not receive any pushback from respondents about the questions, leading them to be confident in the results.”
The Gersh of all gershes speaks! Out his oral sphincter, of course, but loudly!
And he has the temerity to call gun owners “fraidy cats.”
First of all, Gersh, tell that to the folks in St Cloud who are still vertical after one of your muzzie butt bros started filleting them, only because a gun owner put four rounds in him. Second, you can hide behind your screen and call decent people childish names, but I doubt you have the testicles to do so face to face. The resultant bashing would probably smear your makeup.
We should call it the Affordable Gun Act.
That instills just a whole buttload of confidence. Sheesh.
I guess if your name is Gersh Kuntzman you’re expected to be an azzhole.
If gun owners were half as dangerous as gun control freaks say they are, there wouldn’t be any gun control freaks.
Kunt man
All I ever asked for was the government to respect and abide by the Second Amendment. Seems simple, but I can't even get that.
About the same amount.
90% of crimes are committed by 1% of the population, so should we exterminate them?
“We should call it the Affordable Gun Act.”
Yeh ! And I’ll get a $2500.00 discount on my gun purchases this year, RIGHT ?
Wait until November, ComDems will see what the reaction to gun grab talk is. Even Dems Hunt. Some of them actully own a lot of guns.
This issue is off the table for discussion.
Stopped reading right there...
Yup
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