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March 25th, 2007   Post 1
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Post; Guns! Oh dear!


http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvintl.html

The stats are a worry. Gosh that NRA is a scary mob! No politician with any guts will take them on! Very sad.
 
March 25th, 2007   Post 2
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I see this thread being a real winner


Just to clarify though, you might want to check your anti-gun sources a little more closely, from what I see this website, while not necessarily pro-gun, is not anti-gun either.
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March 25th, 2007   Post 3
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Originally Posted by Strongbow
http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvintl.html

The stats are a worry. Gosh that NRA is a scary mob! No politician with any guts will take them on! Very sad.
Actually, the NRA is backed by the Constitution and the politicians receive support from one of the largest lobby groups on the hill, the NRA. No politician has ever seen monetary or voting support that they dislike.
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March 25th, 2007   Post 4
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39% of households with firearms isn't a lot, we should work on getting that number up.
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March 26th, 2007   Post 5
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Originally Posted by PJ24
39% of households with firearms isn't a lot, we should work on getting that number up.
Indeed, as of this moment we only have rifles behind every other blade of grass, we are a soft target!
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March 26th, 2007   Post 6
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I hate to inform you folks but the number is higher. The amount of firearms in every American household is more something like 51%.
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March 26th, 2007   Post 7
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Wanna bet it is higher still?

The numbers only reflect the reported number of registered weapons.
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March 26th, 2007   Post 8
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I have been looking up different statistics on this since I read it. It seems the average is about 40% to 42% of American households with at least one firearm. Obviously it could be higher, but this seems to be the standard percentage given from several different sources I've been scanning thanks to Major Google.
 
March 26th, 2007   Post 9
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I'm willing to bet it it is higher, since like everyone has said that only accounts for registered guns...

Furthermore have you heard how the Aussie gun control is working out, all crime has increased. Armed robber shot up something like 44%, yup took the guns away from everyone but the criminals...
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March 30th, 2007   Post 10
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Can't help but notice that information is a little, umm, old. Let's see, the information in that table was from 1992-1994, the current year is 2007, by my calculation that's anywhere from 15-13 years old. Couldn't up but notice that our suicide rate is considerably lower than most of Western Europe.
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