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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSome hand gun statistics
Our populace is so well armed that they could certainly defeat the Japanese Imperial Army should they ever invade our shores...
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Some hand gun statistics (Original Post)
Playinghardball
Dec 2012
OP
Another, 810,000 sworn law enforcement officers choose a handgun for self-defense. It's not
jody
Dec 2012
#1
The statistic I gave is correct. Sorry if facts bother you so continue to rant without facts. nt
jody
Dec 2012
#7
You ignored the statistic and the point in the OP. You threw out a red herring.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#8
OP was about handguns and so was my reply. Sorry if facts disturb you but that's a personal problem.
jody
Dec 2012
#10
You are clearly the one with a problem with facts. Your facts are irrelevant.
morningfog
Dec 2012
#13
Jesus H Christ on a crutch! That's about the dumbest fucking thing I have seen yet.
neverforget
Dec 2012
#17
jody
(26,624 posts)1. Another, 810,000 sworn law enforcement officers choose a handgun for self-defense. It's not
surprising then that law-abiding citizens should also choose a handgun as their tool for self-defense.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)5. You ignore the statistic in the OP. YOu throw out a bullshit red herring.
jody
(26,624 posts)7. The statistic I gave is correct. Sorry if facts bother you so continue to rant without facts. nt
morningfog
(18,115 posts)8. You ignored the statistic and the point in the OP. You threw out a red herring.
You statistic about the number of gun carrying cops is irrelevant to the point of the OP.
The rest is just your paranoid fantasies showing.
jody
(26,624 posts)10. OP was about handguns and so was my reply. Sorry if facts disturb you but that's a personal problem.
morningfog
(18,115 posts)13. You are clearly the one with a problem with facts. Your facts are irrelevant.
Are you a NRA member, by chance?
Response to morningfog (Reply #13)
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morningfog
(18,115 posts)15. Hmmm. I'll take that as a yes to my question. Good to know.
jody
(26,624 posts)16. Wrong but then you usually are. nt
neverforget
(9,436 posts)17. Jesus H Christ on a crutch! That's about the dumbest fucking thing I have seen yet.
LEO's are trained for the use of those weapons. That is their job. Is it really that hard to understand the difference between a trained LEO and a private citizen who may or may not have any training?
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)2. DUI's killed 10k people last year, lets ban alchol while we are at it.
intaglio
(8,170 posts)4. Thank you for you support of Gun Control and firearms training and licensing
Think of the mayhem if drivers were not so trained and licensed..
morningfog
(18,115 posts)6. Goddammit. Get on another fucking site.
spanone
(135,846 posts)11. OKAY
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)3. HCI... How long ago did they change names?
Response to Playinghardball (Original post)
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spanone
(135,846 posts)12. you use the oldest bullshit in the world, but you're free to do that