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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: guns Reply #30 - 08/19/12 at 16:41:18 The number of guns per capita says something, but the %age who carry is hard to know, & the guns / capita means what? Some guy owns 50 guns & 49 own none,, ? The stats dont say enough to really decipher whats happening, IMO.
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: guns Reply #31 - 08/20/12 at 06:35:32 In Canada the percent who carry is very low- it's illegal to carry a concealed weapon, even a knife with a blade over a certain length is illegal to conceal, and over a certain length to carry.
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Reply #32 - 08/20/12 at 06:50:21

On TV the other night, 10.osmething million firearms sold in the US this past year. The longr the recession/depression..the better the weapons guys do. I cannot imagine carrying on a motorcycle, unless I worked and thus commuted in a really evil part of town. This gal on tv was noting the armed attack in the movie theatre..my heavens, can you picture 100 nervous nellies opening fire towards a body armoured whacko..probably would have ended up with 100 dead...and the whacko would have still ambled out.

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Trippah Serious Thumper Offline I ride, therefore I am. Posts: 2517 central Mass Gender:	Re: guns Reply #33 - 08/20/12 at 06:53:48 And I really believe a farmer has the right to protect his crops and a rancher his livestock...with firearms if that's the best way to accomplish the task. As far as bearing arms or baring breasts, hmmmm What about all them 70 yr old men...uuugh
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Reply #34 - 08/20/12 at 07:35:51

Trippah wrote on 08/20/12 at 06:50:21:

On TV the other night, 10.osmething million firearms sold in the US this past year. The longr the recession/depression..the better the weapons guys do. I cannot imagine carrying on a motorcycle, unless I worked and thus commuted in a really evil part of town. This gal on tv was noting the armed attack in the movie theatre..my heavens, can you picture 100 nervous nellies opening fire towards a body armoured whacko..probably would have ended up with 100 dead...and the whacko would have still ambled out.

Just having a gun doesnt mean youre gonna shoot it. If you cant make out the target & there are "innocents" around, ya dont. BUt, how many UNarmed people are standing up while someones shooting? Would you be up or down, between the seats, hoping to not be seen?
What was the shooter doing? Walking from unarmed victim to unarmed victim,, & wearing armor doesnt mean it dont HURT to get shot,,, you lay 4 or 5 close range rounds on someone & theyre gonna be hurtin pretty bad,, & was this guy a rough tough fighter type of guy? Nope,, hardest thing hed ever done was push a pencil.,,.a coupla shots to the ribs & Ill bet he woulda been rolling around crying,

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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: guns Reply #35 - 08/20/12 at 19:29:40 Even with a vest a single round can leave a softball sized black and blue welt. The bullet proof vest absorbs the impact and disperses the energy, it doesn't make bullets bounce off of you. My hydroshock +P 9mm are 1496 feet per second. That's a lotta FPS to absorb. --Steve
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: guns Reply #36 - 08/20/12 at 20:11:53 Body armor isn't worth squat here, you can buy mil-spec armor piercing rounds at most gun shops. Apparently it is still legal here... for that matter, you can still buy teflon coated pistol rounds...you know, cop killers... If you meet a few select criteria. Which I do.
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Reply #37 - 08/20/12 at 21:36:53

bill67 wrote on 08/17/12 at 09:21:28:

I've away felt safe without carrying a gun.

cool. you may go your entire life without ever even feeling the need for a gun.

or one day you may decide to go watch that new batman movie on opening night...

you have a spare tire for your car, just in case. you have insurance, just in case. fire extinguisher in the house, just in case. you get the idea

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RandomHero YaBB Newbies Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 25	Re: guns Reply #38 - 08/20/12 at 21:38:03 "when seconds count, the police are only minutes away."
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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: guns Reply #39 - 08/21/12 at 06:35:11 Local response time here is 15+ minutes. --Steve
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WD Serious Thumper 2005 No Login Offline Professional "scooter trash". Posts: 5207 Rosemark TN Gender:	Re: guns Reply #40 - 08/21/12 at 06:39:18 They don't respond here until someone is dead. Confusion over jurisdiction where I live, since it is on the county line. Affects a lot of homeowners here.
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Reply #41 - 08/22/12 at 15:56:51

Ed L. pretty much summed up why I own guns too. Yeah, I feel safe pretty much everywhere I go, but does that stop me from owning guns? Heck no! Cheesy

I think they are a wonderful piece of engineering and machining (usually), and I really enjoy target shooting. I always look at it as a relaxing thing. Some people meditate, I like to shoot; they both involve concentration to be done correctly and safely.

I also grew up in rural Nebraska, in a financially strapped family, so we hunted a lot of our meat too, whether it be deer or rabbits, or whatever.

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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: guns Reply #42 - 08/22/12 at 17:30:07 *Internet legend. --Steve
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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: guns Reply #43 - 08/25/12 at 09:47:19 Looks like I can't hot link from the first site. And then this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGGkDitj8_U&feature=youtube_gdata_player I laughed at how many were true. --Steve
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28653 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: guns Reply #44 - 08/25/12 at 10:45:11 Does she really expect a mugger to wait patiently while she rumages around her purse or glovebox to get out one of her guns and shoot him?... Her best defense would be to offer them up voluntarily in exchange for her life... False security... it's a shame this old lady has to feel so afraid...
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