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slackmaster

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25. Here are some facts to shed a little light on your baseless bogus statistic
Wed Dec 26, 2012, 03:33 PM
Dec 2012

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

Question [View all] Whovian Dec 2012 OP
In 1989 Rebecca Shaeffer was murdered by a stalker who got her address from the California DMV slackmaster Dec 2012 #1
Was she a weapon owner? Whovian Dec 2012 #3
It doesn't matter whether she was or not. Her address was public information at the time. slackmaster Dec 2012 #6
If you have a phone book, 99 percent of our addresses Whovian Dec 2012 #8
People have the CHOICE to not have their addresses published in phone books. Mine is not. slackmaster Dec 2012 #14
Dark place my ass. Whovian Dec 2012 #20
Here are some facts to shed a little light on your baseless bogus statistic slackmaster Dec 2012 #25
Okay, lets make it simpler for simple minds, Whovian Dec 2012 #48
Yes, but they don't know that it's me who lives there slackmaster Dec 2012 #51
My, delicate flower nadinbrzezinski Dec 2012 #17
The "proud" ones don't mind Recursion Dec 2012 #2
I thought the gun nuts would LOVE the idea. Won't that deter 'bad dudes' from taking YOUR shit? PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #4
Care to explain your "logic"? nt hack89 Dec 2012 #7
It's based on the gun nuts' 'logic' that gun-free zones = criminal haven. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #10
Thieves would simply wait until the owners are gone hack89 Dec 2012 #12
I know, there's always an argument against regulation/public record. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #15
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
And how would registration stop such killings? hack89 Dec 2012 #26
I don't claim it would. But I think guns and the owners should be registered. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #27
So while they would not actually make anyone safer hack89 Dec 2012 #29
They're registered in Canada and LEO's accesses those records 14,000 times per DAY. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #34
Auditor General appears to disagree with you hack89 Dec 2012 #39
Keep reading your own link.... PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #40
Cops are authoritarian by nature. hack89 Dec 2012 #41
Registration would NOT infringe on your fucking 'civil liberty', dude. PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #43
It will never happen at the federal level so I am not really that concerned hack89 Dec 2012 #46
What specific purpose would registration serve? Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #37
read above. A tool for mental health professionals and LEO PeaceNikki Dec 2012 #42
Thank you! Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #44
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
Agreed...and that focus has frustrated me. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #52
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
If it brings criminals to the house hack89 Dec 2012 #33
Yes, responsible gun owners do just that. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #35
Since we keep hearing how criminals steal all their guns hack89 Dec 2012 #5
I give up, tell us the answer. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #9
If one depends on logic Whovian Dec 2012 #11
I think the fault in logic is yours. HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #18
Why would you want to publish a shopping list for gun thieves? hack89 Dec 2012 #13
Didn't you know? Whovian Dec 2012 #16
And you agree with them or do you believe that guns are frequently stolen? hack89 Dec 2012 #19
Now that you've completely abandoned any pretense at actual rational discussion... Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #30
If everyone is so proud that they voted for "insert name here" .... Lurker Deluxe Dec 2012 #22
It is the fear of the government getting a copy of said list, benld74 Dec 2012 #23
what happened to responsibility chuckrocks Dec 2012 #28
I certainly consider it to be. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #32
well I guess we'll find out soon... chuckrocks Dec 2012 #36
Possibly so. Glad I don't live there. Lizzie Poppet Dec 2012 #38
doing this is simply oddoneout Dec 2012 #45
1+++ patrice Dec 2012 #50
Public v. Private is the focus of the question. Your guns your home, that's your business, NOT ours. patrice Dec 2012 #49
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