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Gun Control Reform Activism

BarstowCowboy

(171 posts)

7. Militia members

Reply to flamin lib (Original post)

Tue Nov 10, 2015, 11:42 PM

Nov 2015

It might be militia members who are skewing the average so much. They think that they need to have enough guns not only for themselves, but also to arm their friends and neighbors who scoffed at them BEFORE the revolution kicked off. No better way to say "I told you so" than to snark as you arm your liberal brother-in-law.

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The average gun owner now owns 8 guns — double what it used to be [View all] flamin lib Oct 2015 OP

Why do the gundamentalists want so many guns? LonePirate Oct 2015 #1

Holy shit! xynthee Oct 2015 #2

WTF??? atreides1 Oct 2015 #3

Just because they bought 8.1 guns, doesn't mean they have 8.1 guns. -none Oct 2015 #4

It may also be inheritances increasing some of the ownership gun totals. NutmegYankee Oct 2015 #5

Eight really isn't all that many... Flyboy_451 Nov 2015 #6

Militia members BarstowCowboy Nov 2015 #7

So does this mean the proliferation of guns is Bottoms_Up Nov 2015 #8

I think it is likely a combination of the two... Flyboy_451 Nov 2015 #9

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