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In reply to the discussion: How many guns have you seen in the last 48 hours? [View all]u4ic
(17,101 posts)45. None, thank goodness
but I'm in Canada. When I do, it's only the cops or the Canadian border patrol officers who occasionally visit the local coffee shop.
Guns scare the shit out of me. I'd feel LESS free if anyone could walk around with a gun.
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Well if they are LEO firearms they don't count for the purposes of the poll.
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#15
If it is serial numbered and legally considered a firearm then it counts as one.
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#18
I think so. Don't count anyone who carries a firearm in the performance of their job/duty.
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#21
I think that is a typical experience if you do not have family members that own firearms.
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#23
Regarding your edit, I doubt the results will come anywhere close to tracking
petronius
Jan 2013
#31
Yes. That's what I am suspecting. I guesstimate US households containing guns at 40% to 50%.
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#32
I have seen my own and we are keeping our neighbor's for him. His step-son has anger issues so he
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#33
Just because you didn't see a gun, doesn't mean there wasn't one there.
liberal N proud
Jan 2013
#35
Agreed - to a point. Concealed means concealed. That's the law. At a minimum that woman
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#38
Sorry. I am just looking at the data. See if you can find your way past the rw nonsense.
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#37
Love those plates. Ours are outside and it's a bit chilly this time of year.
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#40
i see a lot of concealed carry. you start to notice little stuff like the outline or the user doing
loli phabay
Jan 2013
#44
Which border crossing are you near? I used to cross over near Buffalo all the time.
geckosfeet
Jan 2013
#46