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27. I am insecure

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Mon Jan 23, 2023, 08:22 PM

Jan 2023

about a lot of things and don’t own one gun and don’t plan to.

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3% of USA Population own 1/2 the guns & they're insecure about everything [View all] kpete Jan 2023 OP

How many are enough? Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2023 #1

Looks like Dad spent their leftieNanner Jan 2023 #4

Yep Rebl2 Jan 2023 #26

Wives enid602 Jan 2023 #9

I know a guy SomedayKindaLove Jan 2023 #11

The only Prez in many, many years to confiscate legally owned guns was Dubya after Katrina. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #44

Sounds to me like DENVERPOPS Jan 2023 #36

Photos scream small dick energy vercetti2021 Jan 2023 #40

Scared, dumb ass white people, who worried about "the blacks" after Obama became POTUS Botany Jan 2023 #2

Jeez, "Scientific American". Pretty good reference, but not on many RWNJ reading lists. EarnestPutz Jan 2023 #6

Thanks for the link, Botany. A very important article. I look forward to reading it all . . . Journeyman Jan 2023 #10

'Insecure about everything' sounds about right, elleng Jan 2023 #3

The fantasy world of the gun "collector" ThoughtCriminal Jan 2023 #5

Last weekend DENVERPOPS Jan 2023 #38

Firearms have been Bootlace Jan 2023 #7

Mass shootings don't actually create the greatest expected no's of deaths Model35mech Jan 2023 #13

I wish I had that answer Bootlace Jan 2023 #23

Missed the big one yankee87 Jan 2023 #32

I'm not going to disagree. Bootlace Jan 2023 #39

oh come on Skittles Jan 2023 #62

They also last many years... decades.. a century... AnrothElf Jan 2023 #19

I hate to be the one Bootlace Jan 2023 #48

so what's the problem, are you really going to say a mental health issue? Skittles Jan 2023 #61

Post removed Post removed Jan 2023 #79

The way they're marketed has changed. plimsoll Jan 2023 #33

It's a profitable strategy for the gun industry to take. Torchlight Jan 2023 #8

They live in so much fear, when they and their guns are the real threats. Timeflyer Jan 2023 #12

This. Exactly. Captain Zero Jan 2023 #16

A totally made up statistic. former9thward Jan 2023 #14

I take it you don't think the Pew Research Center is credible. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 #17

I don't think most gun owners would answer pollsters in the first place NickB79 Jan 2023 #18

I'm curious, in which direction do you think they are lying? PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 #21

And yet every gunner out there hangs on every word John Lott AndyS Jan 2023 #25

An imaginary survey that he lied about having the data. keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #37

You tell me how they would know. former9thward Jan 2023 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author former9thward Jan 2023 #15

I am currently reading Dying of Whiteness PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2023 #20

"Fuck your hobby" AnrothElf Jan 2023 #22

I am insecure Rebl2 Jan 2023 #27

you're not a coward Skittles Jan 2023 #65

3 percent of the population of 336,030,517 is 10,080, 916 people with guns. Scary. ancianita Jan 2023 #28

Sounds like an army to me. Artcatt Jan 2023 #29

Several armies. Since the US active duty military numbers 1.4 million. ancianita Jan 2023 #30

That's actually better I think than.. fescuerescue Jan 2023 #43

That still leaves 200 million guns for the other 97% NickB79 Jan 2023 #51

What the 3% own can be passed out to the rest of Americans without guns. Come ON. ancianita Jan 2023 #52

If I a gun nut walked up to you and handed you a free one fescuerescue Jan 2023 #67

Not sure what I'd do. Depends on the situation around me. ancianita Jan 2023 #69

Why wouldn't you accept inthewind21 Jan 2023 #70

I didn't say I wouldn't. I just said it would depend on the situation. ancianita Jan 2023 #74

The Armed Insecure by the numbers, and these numbers are a couple of years old. ancianita Jan 2023 #31

Personal anecdote yankee87 Jan 2023 #34

How was this study conducted? Bootlace Jan 2023 #35

Yeah, I'm not buying it either. 9M people own 200 million guns? oldsoftie Jan 2023 #47

It doesn't Bootlace Jan 2023 #50

Yeah the math is suspect but the principle needs exposure grantcart Jan 2023 #58

Why is the inthewind21 Jan 2023 #72

Obviously you haven't bothered to do the math grantcart Jan 2023 #75

Why not inthewind21 Jan 2023 #71

I know they exist, but MILLIONS of them? oldsoftie Jan 2023 #73

So ALL THE REST OF US are ruled by 3% of the population? calimary Jan 2023 #41

they are backed by the NRA and an ENTIRE POLITICAL PARTY Skittles Jan 2023 #63

They rule you only if you allow it. Kaleva Jan 2023 #78

Buying more guns keithbvadu2 Jan 2023 #42

I let mine lapse too. Bootlace Jan 2023 #53

Wrong. GP6971 Jan 2023 #54

Wrong Bootlace Jan 2023 #55

I haven't found any NRA traing courses GP6971 Jan 2023 #56

For some reason Bootlace Jan 2023 #57

your responses do not surprise me Skittles Jan 2023 #64

They do have on line distance courses. Kaleva Jan 2023 #77

The training is good Kaleva Jan 2023 #76

My husband grew up in Scouts, and told me the NRA used to sponsor gun safety sessions. calimary Jan 2023 #66

Black women are the fastest growing gun buying group. oldsoftie Jan 2023 #45

Insecure about their place in the job market yet they hate education and educators. Samrob Jan 2023 #46

Wheres this "influx of white europeans & Russians"? Whites make up less than 20% of immigrants. oldsoftie Jan 2023 #49

gun-humping COWARDS Skittles Jan 2023 #59

And they're still scared. Iggo Jan 2023 #60

Some scary shit right here uponit7771 Jan 2023 #68