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Proportion of Households with Firearms
2012: 34.4
2010: 32.3
2008: 36.0
2006: 34.5
Proportion of Households with Handguns
2012: 21.9
2010: 19.6
2008: 26.2
2006: 20.0
This is quite interesting! Look at the numbers change from 2008 to 2010 - it just proves the point that self-reported data (esp. on such sensitive topic) is highly unreliable. 2008-2010 changes in handgun ownership simply reflect the changes in political climate, but the OP probably believes that all those people actually did run to sell their handguns once Obama took office.
Ok, I'm done with this specific debate. Obviously you can't open your eyes and see that you are a bunch of old white men, and that like the rest of your views, gun ownership will soon be extinct.
Low twenties is old these days? Lol.
You are also being racist, assuming we all share skin color just because we share an opinion and are well educated on the subject.
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In the meantime, expect some blistering, honest, and straightforward criticism of gun nut policies like concealed carry and guns in schools in other threads that I will be making.
Interesting, I wouldn't choose words like "honest" or "blistering" to describe your criticism, I would use words like "flaccid", "unsubstantiated", or "fabricated".
Ok, I'm done with this specific debate. Obviously you can't open your eyes and see that you are a bunch of old white men, and that like the rest of your views, gun ownership will soon be extinct.
In the meantime, expect some blistering, honest, and straightforward criticism of gun nut policies like concealed carry and guns in schools in other threads that I will be making.
You have not been honest in this thread and have lost ALL creditability....
You are also being racist, assuming we all share skin color just because we share an opinion and are well educated on the subject.
Interesting, I wouldn't choose words like "honest" or "blistering" to describe your criticism, I would use words like "flaccid", "unsubstantiated", or "fabricated".
Hogwash, crap, garbage and, trolling are other acceptable terms.
And don't give me the "more gun sales than ever" bs. That's people ADDING to their gun collections, while the overall number of individual gun owners continues to fall sharply.
And the percentage will continue dropping as more people realize that guns are the source of 30,000 preventable deaths a year. Just look at how I 594 passed with overwhelming support, and Cuomo, Hickenlooper and Malloy were reelected by wide margins, showing increasing support for gun control.
Gun "enthusiasts"... your "hobby" is dying out, and there's nothing you can do about it.
OK, so you approve of the government taking over your life. Sounds like you just might be a democrat...
And the percentage will continue dropping as more people realize that guns are the source of 30,000 preventable deaths a year. Just look at how I 594 passed with overwhelming support, and Cuomo, Hickenlooper and Malloy were reelected by wide margins, showing increasing support for gun control.
I 594 passed here solely due to the power of advertising. They spent over $10 million, mostly coming from a handful of billionaires including Gates, Allen, and Ballmer. It goes to show that if you put enough money into advertising, you can persuade people of anything.
You can persuade them that it's a good idea to tax a traveling salesman to benefit millionaire pro athletes and billionaire pro sports owners. You can persuade them that they are in dire need of a 'pet rock.' You can persuade them that it's a great idea to light some leaves on fire and deeply inhale the smoke. This is where humans can actually be a little dumber than wild animals. No wild animal would ever intentionally inhale smoke from burning leaves, or would ever voluntarily give up its claws and teeth as a way to reduce violence.
The law enforcement officers are there to protect you, and have far more training with a gun than you do. They actually know how to use it in a firefight.
The police are supposed to protect you. Carrying your own gun in public just undermines their job.
Your gross ignorance becomes more apparent with every post you make. You should really go to a range sometime and watch the cops shoot. It would be a real eye opener for you....
BTW: The Supreme Court has ruled that a police officer has no obligation to protect the public.
Why does the left have to use sexual wording when it comes to guns?
Projection.
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