Posted on 09/15/2012 7:03:37 PM PDT by marktwain
Studies have shown that having a gun at home can increase the risk of firearm-related violence, and someone who lives in that house or visits it is 12 times more likely to be killed by that gun than a burglar.
That said, many people own guns—a nationwide Centers for Disease Control survey found that 32 percent of Americans have one at home.
What do you think? Would you care if your guy kept a gun at home?
Would you be okay with your guy hiding a gun at home?
* Yes. It makes me feel safe. 31%
* No. It freaks me out. 21%
* I have my own gun at home. 32%
* It doesn't bother me either way. 15%
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Love the results. Tried to split the pro gun position into multiple votes and they still lose.
Way to go ladies! Glad the majority of you own your own gun!
I snorted... something.... onto the keyboard, I LOLed so hard.
Wimminz are getting a clue.
/johnny
No. It freaks me out. 21% I have my own gun at home. 32%
It doesn't bother me either way. 15%
Total Votes: 1,867
DON'T HIDE THE WEAPON! It should be on the table, in plain sight for everyone to see.
That way, when the cops walk in, and ask "Why do you have a gun on the table?", you can answer "There isn't room for a cop".
/johnny
Angelina Jolie is Jon Voight’s daughter. That may account for some of her positive traits.
Also neglects to include criminals thwarted by being injured or simply scared away by a gun. After all, a “successful” use of a gun for self defense doesn’t automatically result in a dead criminal (all stories can’t have a perfect ending).
Almost every lady carries a handgun on her person or in her purse down here.
Mars needs women.
It's easy to make scary statistics if you isolate them from any context.
According to DOJ crime statistics, guns are used by private citizens 2.5 million times per year to prevent violent crimes like rape, robbery, home invasions and carjackings, 99% of the time without a shot being fired.
What happens to those 2.5 million people per year when you take away their guns?
The places with the most mass-shooting are also the places where guns are not allowed; churches, schools, government buildings, etc. They are therefore the very places where psychopaths can feel safest from interference.
Outlawing guns will not get rid of guns any more than outlawing drugs got rid of drugs. Guns can be manufactured clandestinely just like drugs can be manufactured clandestinely. Outlawing guns will only ensure that government and other sociopaths are the only ones with guns.
Governments, primarily socialist/Communist governments, murdered 200,000,000 of their own citizens in the past hundred years, and gun control was always the prelude to those genocides.
Not only do I have a gun, I have one in just bout every room in the house. I invite you to break in at night. It will depend in which room I’m in, as to which gun you’ll be blown apart with anything from a 12 Ga with “OO” buckshot or deer slug, to 40 S&W.
Oh! By the way I refuse to bless that poll with my preference!
“Studies have shown that having a gun at home can increase the risk of firearm-related violence, and someone who lives in that house or visits it is 12 times more likely to be killed by that gun than a burglar. “
I don’t think so. These supposed studies are totally bogus. We both have weapons and we will never give a burglar an even break.
DON’T HIDE THE WEAPON! It should be on the table, in plain sight for everyone to see.
That way, when the cops walk in, and ask “Why do you have a gun on the table?”, you can answer “There isn’t room for a cop”.
If cops around here walked in and there was no visible tool (gun) they would think you are a freak.
Also keep a tool in the pocket. Ain’t no good unloaded locked up.no different than a set of keys or fingernail clippers.
Not only do I have a gun, I have one in just bout every room in the house. I invite you to break in at night. It will depend in which room I’m in, as to which gun you’ll be blown apart with anything from a 12 Ga with “OO” buckshot or deer slug, to 40 S&W.
Oh! By the way I refuse to bless that poll with my preference!
Yes sir’ee. A man is judged by the number and size of his chainsaws...nad his other tools!
I am so sick of certain media mantras---guns, homos, racists. They need to live in another country (3d world) and get a reality check.--or maybe live in this country in a rural area with varmints--or the Chicago Southside, where they have varmints a plenty.
vaudine
Man if you ever wished an m-16 would have had a misfire incident, it’s during that picture.
/johnny
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