Welcome to City-Data.com Forum!
U.S. CitiesCity-Data Forum Index
Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
 [Register]
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
View detailed profile (Advanced) or search
site with Google Custom Search

Search Forums  (Advanced)
Reply Start New Thread
 
Old 11-03-2018, 09:26 PM
 
Location: San Diego
2,063 posts, read 1,068,392 times
Reputation: 4250

Advertisements

Quote:
Originally Posted by Floorist View Post
I loved it when I lived in a wooded area.
Too much of a city boy to be out in the woods. "I love the nightlife."
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message

 
Old 11-04-2018, 09:25 AM
 
Location: San Diego
18,727 posts, read 7,606,770 times
Reputation: 14999
Quote:
Originally Posted by gmagoo View Post
How many criminals would be criminals if they were unarmed?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Roboteer View Post
How would you disarm them in advance? Except by disarming the entire population and ruthlessly enforcing it (the actual goal of the hysterical gun-haters)?
Liberals sure become silent in a hurry when you ask them this question.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-04-2018, 01:10 PM
 
28,122 posts, read 12,594,254 times
Reputation: 15336
Quote:
Originally Posted by Roboteer View Post
The American Revolution happened in part BECAUSE of gun control. In April 1776 British troops marched from Boston to Concord and Lexington, for the purpose of confiscating the colonists' guns. A few colonists found out, and rode ahead of them to spread the warning. The colonists finally had enough of it, confronted the British troops, and fired the first shots of the Revolutionary War.
at least people back then were patriotic enough to stand up to tyranny though, and even resort to violence when necessary.


I would bet if the same thing happened today, those responsible would be labelled domestic terrorists right away and majority of people would be screaming for them to be arrested and jailed for life!! LOL
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-04-2018, 01:19 PM
 
Location: Upstate NY 🇺🇸
36,754 posts, read 14,825,823 times
Reputation: 35584
Quote:
Originally Posted by t206 View Post
Thats a conveniently ignorant analysis.

LOL you swiped the letters right off my keyboard! Not only that, "gun lovers" appeared nowhere in that poll.

'Nuff said.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-04-2018, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Ft Myers, FL
2,771 posts, read 2,303,369 times
Reputation: 5139
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corvette Ministries View Post
From Page 3 of the Pew Research Center's 2017 report,
America’s Complex Relationship With Guns,

"About one-in-five (22%) gun owners who say owning a gun is a very important part of their overall identity say they’ve defended themselves with a gun. By contrast, about half as many (12%) gun owners who say their ownership is not too important or not at all important to their identity have used a gun in self-defense."

So the more they love their guns, the more often they feel the need to defend themselves with their guns.

The less they love their guns, the less often they gotta defend themselves with a gun.

I wonder why gun lovers are threatened more often.
A bunch of you didn’t like the wording of my analogy/logic, so I reworded it closer to the premise. Better now?

So gun owners who say owning a gun is a very important part of their overall identity feel the need to defend themselves with their guns just under twice the rate of gun owners who say their ownership is not too important or not at all important to their identity.

I wonder why gun owners who say owning a gun is a very important part of their overall identity are threatened more often.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-04-2018, 01:45 PM
 
2,528 posts, read 1,656,974 times
Reputation: 2612
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corvette Ministries View Post
A bunch of you didn’t like the wording of my analogy/logic, so I reworded it closer to the premise. Better now?

So gun owners who say owning a gun is a very important part of their overall identity feel the need to defend themselves with their guns just under twice the rate of gun owners who say their ownership is not too important or not at all important to their identity.

I wonder why gun owners who say owning a gun is a very important part of their overall identity are threatened more often.
And maybe the people which a gun is a very important part of their overall identity are like this because they are threatened?
For example, I'm an Israeli Jew. A lot of people want to kill me and say it openly. So, a gun is very important to me, yes.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-04-2018, 01:50 PM
 
16,584 posts, read 8,605,677 times
Reputation: 19409
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corvette Ministries View Post
From Page 3 of the Pew Research Center's 2017 report,
America’s Complex Relationship With Guns,

"About one-in-five (22%) gun owners who say owning a gun is a very important part of their overall identity say they’ve defended themselves with a gun. By contrast, about half as many (12%) gun owners who say their ownership is not too important or not at all important to their identity have used a gun in self-defense."

So the more they love their guns, the more often they feel the need to defend themselves with their guns.

The less they love their guns, the less often they gotta defend themselves with a gun.

I wonder why gun lovers are threatened more often.
A junk premise and research, results in self fulfilling junk conclusions.

`
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-04-2018, 02:04 PM
 
19,718 posts, read 10,121,382 times
Reputation: 13081
Are they called Pew , because their research stinks?
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-04-2018, 02:21 PM
 
17,571 posts, read 13,350,601 times
Reputation: 33008
Quote:
Originally Posted by t206 View Post
Thats a conveniently ignorant analysis.
AMEN! It's in the framing the questions

What if they asked

If you ever had to defend yourself with your gun, would uou then love the gun.

I sure as Hell would.

Thank God I never had to unholster my Glock
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
 
Old 11-04-2018, 03:04 PM
 
Location: PSL
8,224 posts, read 3,496,850 times
Reputation: 2963
Quote:
Originally Posted by Corvette Ministries View Post
A bunch of you didn’t like the wording of my analogy/logic, so I reworded it closer to the premise. Better now?

So gun owners who say owning a gun is a very important part of their overall identity feel the need to defend themselves with their guns just under twice the rate of gun owners who say their ownership is not too important or not at all important to their identity.

I wonder why gun owners who say owning a gun is a very important part of their overall identity are threatened more often.
LOL what have I said in every thread?

We think. You feel.
Our logic is incompatible, Arguments incompatible, for we think, you feel.
Reply With Quote Quick reply to this message
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.

Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.


Reply
Please update this thread with any new information or opinions. This open thread is still read by thousands of people, so we encourage all additional points of view.

Quick Reply
Message:


Over $104,000 in prizes was already given out to active posters on our forum and additional giveaways are planned!

Go Back   City-Data Forum > General Forums > Politics and Other Controversies
Similar Threads

All times are GMT -6.

© 2005-2024, Advameg, Inc. · Please obey Forum Rules · Terms of Use and Privacy Policy · Bug Bounty

City-Data.com - Contact Us - Archive 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 - Top