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To: Pharmboy; SunkenCiv
At least six colonies required people to have guns with them at church. Church officials were required to check parishioners when they arrived for services to ensure they had a gun. Clergymen were required to have guns, too...

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2 posted on 03/12/2007 9:01:05 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: blam
In our day, only about 45 percent of households own a gun, whereas gun ownership in Colonial America was much higher, as measured by probate records. Guns were bequeathed to the next generation in about 70 percent of cases.

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3 posted on 03/12/2007 9:02:34 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

In the early sixties, I used the rifle range at dorsey H.S. in Watts. wonder how many guns are at that school today?


4 posted on 03/12/2007 9:05:06 PM PDT by neverhillorat (HILLORAT WINS, WE ALL LOSE)
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To: george76

In the early sixties, I used the rifle range at Dorsey H.S. in Watts. wonder how many guns are at that school today?


5 posted on 03/12/2007 9:05:25 PM PDT by neverhillorat (HILLORAT WINS, WE ALL LOSE)
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To: george76

In the early sixties, I used the rifle range at Dorsey H.S. in Watts. Wonder how many guns are at that school today?


6 posted on 03/12/2007 9:05:38 PM PDT by neverhillorat (HILLORAT WINS, WE ALL LOSE)
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To: george76

Paging Michael Bellesisles.....


13 posted on 03/13/2007 8:15:22 AM PDT by thulldud ("Para inglés, oprima el dos.")
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