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originally posted by: IvanAstikov
originally posted by: Logarock
a reply to: Spider879
This all looks like bunk. For one thing most folks these days are not going to claim to own a gun. Plus the breakdown according to political party and race is simply hilarious.
There goes that "most gun owners are honest citizens" argument.
originally posted by: burdman30ott6
originally posted by: IvanAstikov
originally posted by: Logarock
a reply to: Spider879
This all looks like bunk. For one thing most folks these days are not going to claim to own a gun. Plus the breakdown according to political party and race is simply hilarious.
There goes that "most gun owners are honest citizens" argument.
There's a world of difference between being honest and being a dumbass. Honesty is not using your firearm to ill means, being a dumbass is openly telling anyone that asks "Yes, I own a firearm!"
The 2014 survey was conducted March 31-Oct. 11, 2014, among 2,538 American adults.
originally posted by: MystikMushroom
a reply to: Snarl
Just so you know, buying someone else a gun ala a "strawman purchase" can be considered a crime.
originally posted by: Ultralight
a reply to: Cygnis
Flyless. But they do have a single button.
originally posted by: queenofswords
I am having a hard time thinking of anyone I know that doesn't own a gun or two.
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: queenofswords
I am having a hard time thinking of anyone I know that doesn't own a gun or two.
Again it might have everything to do with your geographical location, for me it's the opposite I knew of no family member or close neighbor who owned a gun, and I only saw one wanna be Jamaican Posse member that obtained one illegally, but then again NYC is not the world..btw things did not end well for him.
originally posted by: queenofswords
originally posted by: Spider879
originally posted by: queenofswords
I am having a hard time thinking of anyone I know that doesn't own a gun or two.
Again it might have everything to do with your geographical location, for me it's the opposite I knew of no family member or close neighbor who owned a gun, and I only saw one wanna be Jamaican Posse member that obtained one illegally, but then again NYC is not the world..btw things did not end well for him.
You are probably right. Your post made me remember a statistic. 97% of Americans will wake up enjoying the freedoms others died for, and only 3% would fight for them.
originally posted by: Ultralight
a reply to: Cygnis
Glad you didn't resist, Cyngis... It is futile, ya know.
Don't get me wrong I don't think the the regular folks in my community were push overs, they participated in the political life of the city, they were hard working immigrants , some of the older heads were vets going back to Vietnam and Korea , yet they never developed a gun culture maybe out concern for the protection of kids like me, who could get their hands on it like we did their liquor cabinet in the basement, or a lack of facilities for practice and safety,but in the end only cops and criminals were armed so I wouldn't judge them thus.
originally posted by: queenofswords
Don't get me wrong I don't think the the regular folks in my community were push overs, they participated in the political life of the city, they were hard working immigrants , some of the older heads were vets going back to Vietnam and Korea , yet they never developed a gun culture maybe out concern for the protection of kids like me, who could get their hands on it like we did their liquor cabinet in the basement, or a lack of facilities for practice and safety,but in the end only cops and criminals were armed so I wouldn't judge them thus.
You seem to be implying that those families that own guns don't have a concern for the protection of kids. You compare the gun cabinet to the liquor cabinet....lol!
You honestly (no disrespect intended) do not understand these families. I'm not surprised. There are lots of folks out there that don't. But, our children are taught from the earliest age to respect guns. They are ingrained with the rules of safety, understand the reverence for the Second Amendment, are taught how to handle a firearm from loading to shooting to cleaning to storing. My oldest relative is in his 90's and he has been handling firearms since he was six years old.
Millions and millions of folks own guns. When you hear about a tragedy, it breaks your heart. But, millions of gun-owning families never experience such. Just like automobiles. You hear of a careless accident and your heart breaks, but yet millions of drivers go about their day without ever having one.
So, when you say "gun culture", understand the full scope. Thank you.
originally posted by: IvanAstikov
originally posted by: Logarock
a reply to: Spider879
This all looks like bunk. For one thing most folks these days are not going to claim to own a gun. Plus the breakdown according to political party and race is simply hilarious.
There goes that "most gun owners are honest citizens" argument.