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In reply to the discussion: Question [View all]slackmaster
(60,567 posts)25. Here are some facts to shed a little light on your baseless bogus statistic
Nationally, 27.6% of households have unlisted numbers.
In many cities the unlisted rate is over 50%.
California is especially bad, with most cities over 50% (Los Angeles is 56% unlisted).
Those figures are for households that aren't listed in public phone directories AT ALL. Of those that are, a very large portion have just a phone number listed and no address.
Source: http://www.busreslab.com/index.php/articles-and-stories/research-tips/general-research-tips/the-science-of-sampling-telephone-samples/#phone
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In 1989 Rebecca Shaeffer was murdered by a stalker who got her address from the California DMV
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#1
It doesn't matter whether she was or not. Her address was public information at the time.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#6
People have the CHOICE to not have their addresses published in phone books. Mine is not.
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#14
Here are some facts to shed a little light on your baseless bogus statistic
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#25
I thought the gun nuts would LOVE the idea. Won't that deter 'bad dudes' from taking YOUR shit?
PeaceNikki
Dec 2012
#4
You know that by law criminals cannot be held accountable for failing to register their guns?
hack89
Dec 2012
#21
"Of the 142 guns possessed by the killers, more than three quarters were obtained legally.
PeaceNikki
Dec 2012
#24
I don't claim it would. But I think guns and the owners should be registered.
PeaceNikki
Dec 2012
#27
They're registered in Canada and LEO's accesses those records 14,000 times per DAY.
PeaceNikki
Dec 2012
#34
I know that a lot of the focus is on the mass shootings recently, but gun violence is a lot more
PeaceNikki
Dec 2012
#47
We've all been there, especially when discussing issues about which we're passionate.
PeaceNikki
Dec 2012
#53
Why would that matter?? Don't responsible gun owners lock their weapons up when they leave
madinmaryland
Dec 2012
#31
Now that you've completely abandoned any pretense at actual rational discussion...
Lizzie Poppet
Dec 2012
#30