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You've deflated that figure by a factor of 10,000. The actual percentage would be 0.18%.
For the record this is 6x the rate of total gun misuse per firearm (so one guy shoots 10 people it would be as if they used 10 guns to give the absolute maximum anti-gun numer).
The fact is, there are PLENTY of semi-automatic shotguns out there.
In many counties of MD, your own included, rifles are NOT allowed for deer (the biggest game hunted in the country) hunting, only shotguns or black powder.
MANY game animals are hunted with shotguns, turkey, dove, pheasant, etc.
Trust me I know all of the above. I also pay attention to what's for sale. The gun shops I frequent here (damned few) are overloaded with rifles which, as you pointed out, are generally not permitted for hunting in MD.
The ones I go to most are in PA and pump shotguns and bolt or lever rifles outnumber the semi versions of both by factors of four or five to one.
In the end it doesn't matter, the end game is to incrementally ban each type of firearm one at a time leading to an eventual banning of all.
The odds of you actually being able to use a gun successfully in self defense are fairly long. There are officers that work in bad neighborhoods and have 20 years on the force that never fired their gun. Actually a rather large majority, there are 35,000 NYPD officers and only 65 fired their weapons in 2015, that's .000018%. These are people that spend their lives on the street, compare that to civilians and the odds are fairly astronomical. Keep in mind that is just firing a gun, success is quite another story.
Seems like there are more important things to worry about like being struck by lightning.
Remington 1100, it holds 5 shots, though I only load 2 at a time for clay shooting. So what if heaven forbid someone got one , sawed off the barrel, went into a mall and school is it now considered a "semi auto assault weapon" by the press?
5 shots from a shotgun, takes seconds to reload the tube, against unarmed people who don't fight back, the toll would rise fast before cops showed up.
The points I am trying to make are those who won't fight back are easy pickings for someone even with a double barrel 2 shot shotgun when they are cornered and wait while a maniac reloads, and that even a hunting or sporting shotgun can do bad damage in a short time, and that the press and some lie about the so called fire power of a "AR-15" as if rifles adopted by the military are some how much more dangerous, they aren't. Then there is the fact that hundreds of thousands own and use a AR-15 or similar rifle and use it for target or hunting, the president said "the actions of a few doesn't represent all" regarding BLM well neither does semi-automatic owners or gun owners in general.
The fact is, we are no longer dealing with a robber who wants your money not your life, we are dealing with terrorists who only want your life, there is no bargaining ore pleaing with them. They count on you not fighting back, the cops can only do so much, it might be up to you to save yourself.
Which means adopting a mindset, of situational awareness. Yes fear will come on, but given the times we live in this is the way it is. It sucks I know, shouldn't have to be like this, but it is.
The government can't protect you. Some leaders in Europe are now stating people have to learn to live with terrorism. Well I think that is BS.
So, you are a going to be a terrorist and take out unarmed people. It is a shame what the R's are doing to people like you. I'm sorry that you live this way... May you find peace one day and, in the meantime, stay away from the public. Thanks!
The odds of you actually being able to use a gun successfully in self defense are fairly long. There are officers that work in bad neighborhoods and have 20 years on the force that never fired their gun. Actually a rather large majority, there are 35,000 NYPD officers and only 65 fired their weapons in 2015, that's .000018%. These are people that spend their lives on the street, compare that to civilians and the odds are fairly astronomical. Keep in mind that is just firing a gun, success is quite another story.
Seems like there are more important things to worry about like being struck by lightning.
"The odds of you actually being able to use a gun successfully in self defense are fairly long."
As many on the left say, "If it only saves one life, it is worth it", when they want to pass some feel good legislation.
"Seems like there are more important things to worry about like being struck by lightning."
Do you have life insurance?
What are the chances of you dying early in life before natural "your time"?
I KNOW this has been posted before on gun forums that you have participated in.
Long guns (rifles/shotguns), no, well except for the AR type platforms. Handguns, probably.
There are tons upon tons of common (non AR) riflesand shotgun designs currently in use.
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