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hack89

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14. I don't own guns for self defense. I live in a safe town.
Sat Dec 5, 2015, 10:54 AM
Dec 2015

I own guns purely for recreation.

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A chicken in every pot exboyfil Dec 2015 #1
Darn DustyJoe Dec 2015 #2
You're a moron if you think this makes you feel safer. lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #3
99.9% of firearm owners in this country are law abiding citizens GGJohn Dec 2015 #5
This. bigwillq Dec 2015 #6
So, why do you need your guns? If it's so safe, you don't need them, do you? lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #8
I need my firearms to put food on our table, GGJohn Dec 2015 #10
If you're on a rural farm, then that's different than carrying around in the city lindysalsagal Dec 2015 #12
I never said I wasn't willing to do anything, GGJohn Dec 2015 #13
"But there has to be a line drawn somewhere." beevul Dec 2015 #17
I don't own guns for self defense. I live in a safe town. hack89 Dec 2015 #14
The gun homicide rate is half what it was in the early 1990's, per FBI numbers NickB79 Dec 2015 #18
And has nothing to do with more guns. Nt Logical Dec 2015 #21
It also shows more guns didn't cause the murder rate to spike either, as some would predict NickB79 Dec 2015 #22
A graph comparing gun owners with those who do not own guns is a bit different randr Dec 2015 #4
Most gun owners I know madokie Dec 2015 #7
All those guns and so few deaths... ileus Dec 2015 #9
Why do criminals have guns? Hepburn Dec 2015 #11
Yeah, just think! linuxman Dec 2015 #16
Actually I have a spear gun my my bed. Hepburn Dec 2015 #23
The Second Amendment colsohlibgal Dec 2015 #15
Oh please. beevul Dec 2015 #19
lots of cowards in the so-called "Home of the Brave" Skittles Dec 2015 #20
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