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Old 03-24-2013, 09:11 PM
 
Location: SF Bay Area
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"Even as gun purchases rise, the share of U.S. households with a gun has been falling for decades, from 54 percent in 1977 to 32 percent in 2010, according to the University of Chicago's General Social Survey."

Gun checks soar 39 percent, set new record: FBI | Reuters
You would be better served to find the actual survey instead of the last paragraph in a news paper article so it can be read and responded to.
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:12 PM
 
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What more do you want?

The last law you have on there was enacted nearly 20 years ago. Yet you were claiming that there have been all kinds of recent infringements on your gun rights----but you can't show any.
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:12 PM
 
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A study published in the Injury Prevention Journal, based on a 2004 National Firearms Survey, found that 20% of the gun owners with the most firearms possessed about 65% of the nation's guns. This could account for the rise in the number of gun checks---a concentration of gun owners who buy multiple guns.



Analysis: Fewer U.S. gun owners own more guns - CNN.com
Do you have anything that isn't completely filled with anti-gun bias?

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Josh Sugarmann is the executive director and founder of the Violence Policy Center (VPC). Prior to founding the VPC, Sugarmann was a press officer in the national office of Amnesty International USA and was the communications director for the National Coalition to Ban Handguns.[citation needed]
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:13 PM
 
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You would be better served to find the actual survey instead of the last paragraph in a news paper article so it can be read and responded to.
Why? I often link to the original study, and I can tell by posters' comments that 99 % of them never go to the link and read it.
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:14 PM
 
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Do you have anything that isn't completely filled with anti-gun bias?

Josh Sugarmann - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The 2004 article was in a peer-reviewed epidemiology journal.
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:15 PM
 
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The last law you have on there was enacted nearly 20 years ago. Yet you were claiming that there have been all kinds of recent infringements on your gun rights----but you can't show any.
You didn't ask me for things that were recent, try to be more clear next time you're reading from your script.

Are the unconstitutional NY state gun laws that were just enacted recent enough for you?
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:16 PM
 
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The 2004 article was in a peer-reviewed epidemiology journal.
And that means not a damn thing when it comes from a biased individual who's main goal is to ban handguns.
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:17 PM
 
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Analysis: Fewer U.S. gun owners own more guns - CNN.com
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:18 PM
 
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The last law you have on there was enacted nearly 20 years ago. Yet you were claiming that there have been all kinds of recent infringements on your gun rights----but you can't show any.
Maybe you would like to read about all the laws they have passed in my home state. Plenty has been passed in the last 20 years.
Gun laws in California - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Old 03-24-2013, 09:18 PM
 
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That's from the same poll. Flip the page, your script is getting old.
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