Has the pro-gun crowd been lying to us?

[Old Crank]

An armed society is a polite society. They have spouted that for decades. No these people want millions more for security.
We have more than one gun for every person, not just adult, but person in the US. Sounds like an armed society to me. Why do we need more dollars for security and protection of officials. Shouldn't be more polite than Canada by now?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

1. Well, gosh. And just how polite is our society,

with over 41,000 gun deaths per year?

[OC375]

2. Polite People

...can be killers too.

[progressoid]

3. Sadly those cute idioms work.

Most people need things dumbed down. And an idiom that dumbs down while supporting their flimsy beliefs is a win/win.

[mwmisses4289]

4. Why yes, yes they have.

And while for years I have seen that stat of at least one weapon for every American, that stat often ignores the fact that many gun owners have more than one gun. Think of those folks who post pics showing off what amounts to a small arsenal covering their back deck, or driveway. So, yes, while there may be enough guns in circulation for every American to have at least one, not every American actually has a gun.

[RockRaven]

5. About many, many things, yes.Virtually all of their talking points are lies.

And the ones which are not lies are often irrelevant or non sequiturs.

[DavidDvorkin]

6. I think it was Heinlein who came up with that one

In reality, as we know, an armed society is a fearful, intimidated, and bloody society.

[rsdsharp]

7. It's from Beyond This Horizon.

[Heidi]

8. Thank the NRA, a de facto gun industry trade association masquerading

as a shooting sports foundation.

https://www.npr.org/2018/03/13/593255356/how-americas-gun-industry-is-tied-to-the-nra

[LastDemocratInSC]

9. An armed society is a polite society

only if those who are armed don't have bullets.