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Quote of the Day: How Many Guns Are Too Many?
The Truth About Guns ^ | 10/31/17 | Dan Zimmerman

Posted on 10/31/2017 6:54:38 AM PDT by Simon Green

“It’s estimated that there are more than 310 million firearms in the United States. That’s a firearm for nearly every man, woman and child. But only a minority of Americans owns the bulk of these guns. Pew Research Center polling shows that around 37 percent of Americans report that an adult in their household owns a gun. Perhaps we’ve passed the point where we can usefully ask why some Americans are armed to the teeth and others aren’t. We champion our Second Amendment. It should remain inviolable. To neuter it would incite war. At what point, however, does the unabated and loosely regulated domestic arms race render us all potential victims?” – Phillip Morris in A handful of Americans own most of the nations’ guns: Phillip Morris [via cleveland.com]


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IMHO, If you know exactly how many guns you have off the top of your head, you don't have enough.
1 posted on 10/31/2017 6:54:39 AM PDT by Simon Green
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In the hands of a black in Chicago, one is too many since they seem to murder each other at an extremely alarming rate in Chicago.


2 posted on 10/31/2017 6:56:13 AM PDT by CodeToad (CWII is coming. Arm Up! They Are!)
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Reminds me of the cartoon where a guy is buying a new gun at the gun store and he and the sales clerk are laughing it up because the guy’s wife asked him if he were going to sell his old one.


3 posted on 10/31/2017 6:56:37 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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Ha..I was just going to post:

If you have to ask that question ...you don't have enough.

It's like asking how much a Rolls Royce costs,,,if you ask that question....you can't afford it.

4 posted on 10/31/2017 6:57:43 AM PDT by spokeshave (The Fake Media tried to stop us from going to the White House, I am President and they are not. DJT)
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“At what point, however, does the unabated and loosely regulated domestic arms race render us all potential victims?”

Bad news - all of us are potential victims.
That’s why you should get a gun!


5 posted on 10/31/2017 6:57:56 AM PDT by servo1969
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This is America. We have a Bill or Rights. Allowing the “government” to tell us how many guns we can have is a violation of the Bill of Rights. What’s next? Telling car collectors how many cars they are allowed to own? After all, thousands of Americans are killed each year by cars.


6 posted on 10/31/2017 6:58:59 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Has Sheila JACKSON LEE changed her name yet?)
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You can only shoot 1 at a time.
You can only carry about 3 at a time.
Any more than that, and the remainder are little more than collector’s items, or available to friends/family/neighbors who find themselves in need & without.

Yes, a minority of Americans collectively own >300,000,000 guns and own over a trillion rounds of ammunition. If that were a problem, you’d know; obviously it isn’t a problem.

If you’re looking at a large population (tens of millions) who cause absolutely no harm, and you hypothesize what kind of problem they could be, they’re not the ones to be worried about - you are.


7 posted on 10/31/2017 6:59:06 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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What evidence is there that the number of guns one owns has a correlation with criminality? None, but it’s the idea that bugs the left, rational or not.


8 posted on 10/31/2017 6:59:18 AM PDT by Spok
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BLOAT!
9 posted on 10/31/2017 6:59:31 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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What is this “enough” you speak of?


10 posted on 10/31/2017 7:00:16 AM PDT by Lee Enfield (Democracy is mob rule. A constitutional republic is only way to protect freedom.)
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In a standard distribution of anything—indeed any distribution that is not absolutely uniform—a minority or those possessing always possesses the majority of the thing possessed. Really basic statistical analysis.


11 posted on 10/31/2017 7:00:27 AM PDT by Hieronymus (It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged. --G. K. Chesterton)
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IMHO, If you know exactly how many guns you have off the top of your head, you don't have enough.

I agree with that.

I remember Texas Sen Phil Graham famously saying I own more guns than I need, but less than I want.

I also agree with that.

12 posted on 10/31/2017 7:01:08 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it.)
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No kidding.


13 posted on 10/31/2017 7:02:22 AM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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Aw crap. I have a really good memory.... guess I need more guns ;-)


14 posted on 10/31/2017 7:02:42 AM PDT by taxcontrol (Stupid should hurt)
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At what point, however, does the unabated and loosely regulated domestic arms race render us all potential victims?” – Phillip Morris

If you have NO guns, you are already a victim....................

15 posted on 10/31/2017 7:03:38 AM PDT by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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I have more guns than I proably need.
But not as many as I want...


16 posted on 10/31/2017 7:04:44 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks (Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
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I’m sure if you give about a half hour I could name most or all guns I currently own. Not exactly off the top of my head. I guess I need more.


17 posted on 10/31/2017 7:06:05 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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Who was the [Texas] politician who said:

**I have as many guns as I need, but not as many as I want.**


18 posted on 10/31/2017 7:07:37 AM PDT by Daffynition (The New PTSD: PRESIDENT-Trump Stress Disorder - The LSN didnÂ’t make Trump, so they can't break him)
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Well, that ain’t enough. Kinda like asking chuck norris (who stays away from my town, just sayin’) how many push ups can you do? All of them. +1


19 posted on 10/31/2017 7:09:16 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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The problem is not the Americans who own more guns than they can use at one time. The problem is the 63% of American households that are unarmed potential victims. Clearly we need more guns in the hands of more families along with common sense training in how to use them.


20 posted on 10/31/2017 7:10:01 AM PDT by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation has ended!)
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