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Gun Control Reform Activism

Bottoms_Up

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8. So does this mean the proliferation of guns is

Reply to flamin lib (Original post)

Wed Nov 11, 2015, 06:49 PM

Nov 2015

moreso due to new gun owners (the ephilosphy of gun-owning expanding) or simply people with guns just getting more guns?

What's the numbers on the total guns in the US over the same period. If it has merely doubled, this would suggest to me that there not more GUN-OWNERS... just more guns.

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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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