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Gun Control & RKBA

spin

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10. I know a number of gun owners. Out of curiosity I once ....

Reply to jimmy the one (Reply #8)

Sun Mar 11, 2018, 03:21 AM

Mar 2018

asked them if someone taking a survey appeared at their door or called them would they tell them they owned firearms. The overwhelming majority told me they never would.

What the surveys might be revealing is that fewer and fewer people are willing to admit they own a firearm to a stranger.

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30 years of gun sales, or graphics showing gun control effort's unintended consequences [View all] krispos42 Nov 2017 OP

Thanks for the number crunching, krispos! yagotme Nov 2017 #1

Nice work! MarvinGardens Nov 2017 #2

The ATF says it includes non-military government sales krispos42 Nov 2017 #3

Thanks! (nt) MarvinGardens Nov 2017 #4

How nice that BATFE still has this sort of information available. Paladin Nov 2017 #5

Pro-Gun Militants don't represent the majority of gun owners. Alea Dec 2017 #6

On the same ATF page they have data broken down by manufacturer krispos42 Dec 2017 #7

rule of thumb, 20% fans support 80% of fetish jimmy the one Dec 2017 #8

I know a number of gun owners. Out of curiosity I once .... spin Mar 2018 #10

We have a government that has demonstrated for decades... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2018 #11

Supposedly the NSA hacked into Google. .... spin Mar 2018 #12

Hacking public companies for the purpose of stealing.... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2018 #13

We do live in interesting times. ... spin Mar 2018 #14

While the new quote is true in general... discntnt_irny_srcsm Mar 2018 #15

Very appropriate. (n/t) spin Mar 2018 #16

Great post. undercover_redneck Mar 2018 #9