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In reply to the discussion: 130 guns, 20,000 rounds of ammo found in foreclosed CT home [View all]RobertEarl
(13,685 posts)37. 10,000 rounds in a fire?
You know for a fact that no bullets will fly?
I look forward to seeing the science on that. Just tell the fireman first, ok?
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Yep, the problem is, it always gets emotional and laden with fear. Clear heads need
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#128
I started a thread a while back where I would like to see a federal law or at least
former-republican
Jan 2013
#92
Of course the barrel makes it go fast (along with the chamber). Do you understand how guns work?
Recursion
Jan 2013
#50
Firemen know the hazards. They have been trained. You obviously have not been.
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#78
He'll, how many homes have 250 gallons of freaking heating oil ready to go? NT
NutmegYankee
Jan 2013
#69
Now it makes sense why there are 200 million guns in the U.S. but only 1 in 4 owns one.
JaneyVee
Jan 2013
#5
Its over 300M firearms and growing. About half the households in the US have firearms
ProgressiveProfessor
Jan 2013
#6
It's hard to sell guns in Conn. We have some of the strictest laws in the country.
NutmegYankee
Jan 2013
#16
If his house was in trouble, then the guy should have stopped stockpiling weapons
agentS
Jan 2013
#18
The military-industrial-complex (MIC) is getting competition from the WIC (weapon-industrial-comple
kelliekat44
Jan 2013
#19
20,000 rounds is enough to kill a whole town. A civilian having that many bullets is
bluestate10
Jan 2013
#67
With an inert grenade and mortar with the guns, $40 handguns seem unlikely to be representative
Kennah
Jan 2013
#142
A lot of people in the country walked away from upside down mortgages
former-republican
Jan 2013
#133
I doubt that it was a question of keeping the gun collection vs. having a roof over one's head
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#152
I'm sorry I spent that much time carefully writing something that you didn't bother reading
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#154
Your post was based on a purely hypothetical scenario (your very words)
TheCowsCameHome
Jan 2013
#155
Your conjecture that the person values guns over a domicile relies on several huge assumptions
slackmaster
Jan 2013
#156