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America's Fascination with Firearms
The World & I ^ | October 2003 | David B. Kope

Posted on 10/11/2003 3:25:35 PM PDT by quidnunc

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But what most distinguishes the American gun culture even from the countries such as Canada — which has a very strong hunting tradition and rate of rifle ownership nearly as high as the U.S. level — is that Americans connect gun ownership not just to recreation but to survival and sovereignty. Because about half of all American households own guns, America's "home invasion" burglary rate is far lower than in countries such as Britain, Canada, Ireland, and the Netherlands, which prohibit defensive gun ownership.

1 posted on 10/11/2003 3:25:36 PM PDT by quidnunc
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2 posted on 10/11/2003 3:27:41 PM PDT by Support Free Republic (Your support keeps Free Republic going strong!)
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To: quidnunc
Correction: The author's name should read "David B. Kopel"
3 posted on 10/11/2003 3:28:22 PM PDT by quidnunc (Omnis Gaul delenda est)
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Super article. Thanks.
4 posted on 10/11/2003 3:31:16 PM PDT by Captiva (I really DISLIKE Pedro Martinez)
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To: quidnunc
Because about half of all American households own guns, America's "home invasion" burglary rate is far lower than in countries such as Britain, Canada, Ireland, and the Netherlands, which prohibit defensive gun ownership.

Especially if you plaster NRA, S&W and Ruger decals on your windows and doors.

5 posted on 10/11/2003 3:35:52 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: facedown
Amen ... funny but no one ever puts up a gun-free household sign in their windows.
6 posted on 10/11/2003 3:38:57 PM PDT by Centurion2000 (Virtue untested is innocence)
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To: quidnunc
Furthermore, firearms insured not only the elimination of the aristocracy, but its CONTINUED demise. Those who would outlaw guns are the biggest elitists of all. They know their precarious position at the top of the social order has no roots in excellence, and that their arrogance can do to them what it did to Marie Antoinette.
7 posted on 10/11/2003 3:40:16 PM PDT by IronJack
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To: quidnunc
America was settled by people who fled tyranny the world over.

Canada was settled by clerks sent by those aforementioned tyrants.

That's the basic difference.

L

8 posted on 10/11/2003 3:42:41 PM PDT by Lurker ("To expect the government to save you is to be a bystander in your own fate." Mark Steyn)
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To: Centurion2000
...no one ever puts up a gun-free household sign in their windows.

It should be required as part of membership in the Brady Bunch, etc. as well as for any pol who votes for gun control legislation.

I know, but I can dream!

9 posted on 10/11/2003 3:43:14 PM PDT by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: quidnunc
Great article!

Thanks.
10 posted on 10/11/2003 3:43:24 PM PDT by MonroeDNA (Please become a monthly donor!!! Just $3 a month--you won't miss it, and will feel proud!)
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To: Centurion2000

Wonder why that is. You'd think they'd be proud of the fact that others besides themselves are discouraging crime in their neighborhoods.

12 posted on 10/11/2003 3:50:43 PM PDT by Cultural Jihad
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To: Centurion2000
Here's what I put on my doors:


14 posted on 10/11/2003 4:05:55 PM PDT by Sender
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To: quidnunc
Clarity of thought bump.
15 posted on 10/11/2003 4:06:55 PM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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16 posted on 10/11/2003 4:14:31 PM PDT by Ches (Mrs.)
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To: quidnunc
But what most distinguishes the American gun culture even from the countries such as Canada — which has a very strong hunting tradition and rate of rifle ownership nearly as high as the U.S. level — is that Americans connect gun ownership not just to recreation but to survival and sovereignty. Because about half of all American households own guns, America's "home invasion" burglary rate is far lower than in countries such as Britain, Canada, Ireland, and the Netherlands, which prohibit defensive gun ownership.

That says it all.

17 posted on 10/11/2003 4:25:33 PM PDT by NRA2BFree (Politicians and criminals want your guns for the same reason! They want control while robbing you!)
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bump for later reading
18 posted on 10/11/2003 4:41:20 PM PDT by Akira ("Experience is a hard teacher, but fools will have no other." - Ben Franklin)
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To: Centurion2000
I'm in the middle of reading a book called "Judgement Ridge"about the murder of the Zantops of Dartmouth College in January,2001.

Prior to the murder the two killers tried to enter the home of an Andrew Patti who kept them out by pointing a gun at the young man at the front door. After the murders he said that he would have been dead if he hadn't owned a weapon.
19 posted on 10/11/2003 4:50:10 PM PDT by Mears
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To: quidnunc
I don't know why, but I have always loved guns. Right now, I prefer Smith & Wesson revolvers with the pinned barrels and recessed chambers, something Smith hasn't made since the 80's. Colt Pythons are nice, too.

Irony is that in CA, they outlawed some of these venerable old guns because the manufacturers wouldn't submit copies for testing. Now, unless you can find a private party desiring to sell, you can't buy. Dealers have them. You just can't buy. Go figure.

20 posted on 10/11/2003 6:05:35 PM PDT by wheelgunguru
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