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Gun Control & RKBA

DBoon

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4. The more people buy guns the more irresponsible gun owners there are

Reply to TexasProgresive (Reply #3)

Fri Jan 1, 2016, 11:40 AM

Jan 2016

People with no prior firearms experience who buy out of fear I believe are more likely to misuse their weapon than the historic base of rural hunters, who grew up handling firearms.

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