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Gun Control & RKBA

Yallow

(1,926 posts)

4. Only 229 BILLION With a B

Reply to pablo_marmol (Reply #3)

Sat Sep 10, 2016, 02:26 AM

Sep 2016

What gun violence really costs.

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2015/04/true-cost-of-gun-violence-in-america

229 billion so some folks can feel a little more secure, when exactly the opposite is true.

I used to carry, and I spent a huge amount of my time thinking about how to "take care of" my gun.

Wasted mental energy when the odds were greater I was going to shoot myself instead of someone hassling me.

Make the gun "needers" pay 100% the 229 billion and not the other 77% that don't own weapons.

Fair right?

BTW I am a gun owner and love blasting away.

I don't carry because I know all the bad things that can happen if I slip up once.

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"Investigators credit conceal-carry permit for saving man’s life" - Illinois [View all] DonP Sep 2016 OP

And For Every Person Who Carries That "Protects Themself" A Dozen Shoot Themselves Or Their Children Yallow Sep 2016 #1

Ummm, Not even close to right DonP Sep 2016 #2

"The odds are insane." pablo_marmol Sep 2016 #3

Only 229 BILLION With a B Yallow Sep 2016 #4

Given that the CDC has now conceded that defensive gun use........ pablo_marmol Sep 2016 #6

Since you are a gun owner sarisataka Sep 2016 #8

"229 billion so some folks can feel a little more secure, when exactly the opposite is true." beevul Sep 2016 #15

10 Myths About Carrying Yallow Sep 2016 #5

Burp, fart, burp. pablo_marmol Sep 2016 #7

Do you know the real life Mother Jones from which the publication draws its name Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2016 #9

Link to your research on those numbers please Duckhunter935 Sep 2016 #11

Demonstably false, as others have already cited (nt) LongtimeAZDem Sep 2016 #13

Latest data on childhood (-15 yoa) deaths-by-gun reveals 65 - 95 A YEAR. Eleanors38 Sep 2016 #17

No surprise here....everyone knows guns are designed to save lives. ileus Sep 2016 #10

That's probably the only instance of this so far this year discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2016 #12

It's not even the first instance this week LongtimeAZDem Sep 2016 #14

I remember this guy who said... discntnt_irny_srcsm Sep 2016 #16

first request for 'resident experts' testimony jimmy the one Sep 2016 #18