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Gun Control & RKBA

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15. Target shooting drove my gun purchases. ...

Reply to guillaumeb (Reply #8)

Thu Dec 2, 2021, 12:40 AM

Dec 2021

I do own two handguns I legally carry concealed but I didn’t buy them because I was afraid. I was living in a bad section of Tampa and I wanted an equalizer. I have moved since I retired but still carry concealed out of a 25 year habit.

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This. Sh*t. Has. Got. To. STOP! [View all] lastlib Nov 2021 OP

It Won't SoCalDavidS Nov 2021 #1

It won't, and you won't. Dial H For Hero Nov 2021 #2

Is this a general rant, or is there something new and specific which prompted it? rsdsharp Nov 2021 #3

The school shooting in Michigan? whathehell Nov 2021 #4

If it didn't stop with 20 dead primary school kids... regnaD kciN Nov 2021 #6

Possibly. Possibly not. rsdsharp Nov 2021 #7

More likely than not, I'd say. whathehell Nov 2021 #11

It happens occasionally DashOneBravo Nov 2021 #12

It won't end, it won't change sanatanadharma Nov 2021 #5

If you have an great and innovative ideas how to control the actions of random individuals... krispos42 Dec 2021 #14

Change always seems impossible before it happens. old as dirt Dec 2021 #20

Fear drives gun purchases. guillaumeb Nov 2021 #8

Target shooting drove my gun purchases. ... spin Dec 2021 #15

Gun addiction and fear are features of our species, it seems, not bugs NewHendoLib Nov 2021 #9

This is beginning to sound like the MADD movement. AndyS Nov 2021 #10

My guns are under control. krispos42 Dec 2021 #13

You and what army? (N/t) spin Dec 2021 #16

I am a fan of irony. discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2021 #17

I am a gun owner in favor of common sense gun control & reform. PTWB Dec 2021 #18

Why at the federal level? n/t discntnt_irny_srcsm Dec 2021 #19