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Gun Control Reform Activism

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4. Just because they bought 8.1 guns, doesn't mean they have 8.1 guns.

Reply to flamin lib (Original post)

Thu Oct 22, 2015, 04:04 PM

Oct 2015

Not all the guns criminals have are stolen. There can be a tidy profit in straw purchases. The first place to start looking are at those gunners that think the 2nd amendment is absolute and it means everyone has a right to own firearms.

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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

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2015 #10