Gun Control & RKBA

hack89

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19. Gallup says 15% of women own guns

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #14)

Mon Jul 28, 2014, 12:12 PM

Jul 2014

and the rate is steadily rising. I suspect they are discovering how much fun shooting can be.

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How Military Guns Make the Civilian Market [View all] SecularMotion Jul 2014 OP

Nearly every gun in the civilian market started as a military weapon hack89 Jul 2014 #1

Stun guns, water pistols, nail guns, glue guns, air guns, toy guns, bb guns? Starboard Tack Jul 2014 #3

I am glad you are maintaining a sense of humor hack89 Jul 2014 #5

My life is a barrel of laughs. Starboard Tack Jul 2014 #11

I know - mental healthcare in America is a disgrace hack89 Jul 2014 #12

Maybe the NRA and the gun industry could chip in a few $$ Starboard Tack Jul 2014 #17

So you're saying that nearly every gun in the civilian market was designed specifically for killing flamin lib Jul 2014 #4

What about it? hack89 Jul 2014 #6

I don't know you that well but flamin lib Jul 2014 #7

Oh good god!!!!! IronGate Jul 2014 #8

I believe, along with a number of NRA tactical instructors, that the majority flamin lib Jul 2014 #13

Sure there are a few Rambo types out there that want a CCW just for IronGate Jul 2014 #16

How do you back up that statement? flamin lib Jul 2014 #22

I've asked my colleagues the same thing because I've seen this claptrap before, IronGate Jul 2014 #25

So you asked the question and accept the answers without question? flamin lib Jul 2014 #27

Take it however you want, IronGate Jul 2014 #29

Is that a technical term? Not seen it in any of the publications I've read. flamin lib Jul 2014 #30

the only researchers who took on Kleck gejohnston Jul 2014 #32

Funny, I sent you a list pages long with publications which you claimed to have "read them all" flamin lib Jul 2014 #55

I did read them gejohnston Jul 2014 #57

So, you pick one and discard all? The only nit you can pick is funding? flamin lib Jul 2014 #58

criminologists are academians gejohnston Jul 2014 #59

Crimologists are no better academians than any others. flamin lib Jul 2014 #60

Actually I can be bothered with conflicting facts gejohnston Jul 2014 #61

Michelle Bachman! OK, made me laugh and that's worth something! flamin lib Jul 2014 #62

Hemenway is the most prolific gejohnston Jul 2014 #63

That's as ridiculous as saying anyone choosing to not carry WANTS to be a victim. Nuclear Unicorn Jul 2014 #43

how many of these instructors, whats the number? Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #51

I didn't interview them any more than you've interviewed Bloomberg. flamin lib Jul 2014 #56

I don't think it's about wanting to kill Starboard Tack Jul 2014 #15

That is an apt description. IronGate Jul 2014 #18

Like the Cialis daily users they just want to be ready when the moment's right. nt flamin lib Jul 2014 #23

Bullshit! IronGate Jul 2014 #26

How is what you said different from the Cialis commercial? flamin lib Jul 2014 #33

Situational awareness: Good, even when unarmed. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #46

I guess a Cialis ad has more cred than Archies' Comix. Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #49

Just as most hang gliders hope to land safely. Starboard Tack Jul 2014 #24

U.S. Marines. IronGate Jul 2014 #28

Like I said, the key word is "most" Starboard Tack Jul 2014 #36

I haven't carried in public in years - I live in a safe area and don't need to. hack89 Jul 2014 #10

Women are about 3% of the gun market. Wonder why that is? nt flamin lib Jul 2014 #14

Gallup says 15% of women own guns hack89 Jul 2014 #19

Where did you pull that from? 1955? Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #47

You just don't get it do you? You don't even try to get it, it seems. Don't want to get it. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #21

Ah, leveraging ignorance to generate more fear. Semi-auto pistols go back 120+ years. NYC_SKP Jul 2014 #2

I have one of those "Military Guns" in my home DonP Jul 2014 #9

I have it on good authority that NOBODY flamin lib Jul 2014 #20

bolt action rifles ceased to be promoted by manufacturers gejohnston Jul 2014 #31

I like my K-31 but ... DonP Jul 2014 #34

This is way off SOP but nobody is complaining. flamin lib Jul 2014 #35

Sorry to nitpick, but it's "ad hominem" Starboard Tack Jul 2014 #37

auto correct strikes again! flamin lib Jul 2014 #38

LOL, gotta love it. Starboard Tack Jul 2014 #39

I actually spelled it correctly but failed to notice the "correction". flamin lib Jul 2014 #40

Can you cite this "good authority" for us? friendly_iconoclast Jul 2014 #42

OP is 7 ways to defeat the NRA flamin lib Jul 2014 #45

One poster out of thousands is now "good authority"? friendly_iconoclast Jul 2014 #53

Read the whole sub thread and the post that engendered the comment. nt flamin lib Jul 2014 #54

I think the ref was to the writer's aft torpedo tube, Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #48

Two rifles I would love to have Duckhunter935 Jul 2014 #52

An entertaining read that a fact checker could have improved. ManiacJoe Jul 2014 #41

Nothing to see here. A tired, meaningless debate... Eleanors38 Jul 2014 #44

From the rejects we have great choices for personal safety. ileus Jul 2014 #50

Its the other way around dookers Jul 2014 #64

Your pandemic of propaganda won't convince persons with integrity pablo_marmol Jul 2014 #65