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In reply to the discussion: George Zimmerman Explodes the NRA Fantasy of the Armed Citizen [View all]The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)Most I know that own them use them for hunting and sport shooting. Some have them in their home in case someone breaks in (not out of the realm where I live. Had police cruisers cruising around the hood at about 4am the other night looking for a suspect drugged out and only in boxers and told us to go back in the house. 3 cruisers here last night looking for someone).
1977 has one of the highest rates listed for gun owners (51% http://www.statisticbrain.com/gun-ownership-statistics-demographics/ ) crimes that year were lower than the previous two and all since then up until 2009 ( http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm )
So what does that mean?
Maybe guns are not the big cause but economy, mental health issues, etc play the biggest part. I mean look at what others have said - they trust their fellow citizen with a gun IF they have a job that is from the Government. So does working for the government make one magically different? What if you used to and don't anymore, do you revert back to being a person who should not own one?