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In reply to the discussion: The problem is that too many gun owners are more afraid of ****CRIMINALS**** and/or [View all]hack89
(39,171 posts)6. I have never owned guns out of fear
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I have always lived in safe areas. My use of guns for the past 40 years has been purely recreational.
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The problem is that too many gun owners are more afraid of ****CRIMINALS**** and/or [View all]
hedgehog
Oct 2015
OP
Despite the fact that violence in general has been dropping for decades
Erich Bloodaxe BSN
Oct 2015
#2
If tens of thousands of Americans were not killed every year by handguns and semi-autos,
tabasco
Oct 2015
#29
Which google shows no mass murders but individual and of course accidental.
uppityperson
Oct 2015
#17
The intended purpose of a firearm is to expel a projectile at a high rate of speed with accuracy...
TipTok
Oct 2015
#47
But the chances of any one person being the victim of crime are very small. Maybe we have to take
hedgehog
Oct 2015
#24
I don't fear government to the point of hyperventilation like a right wing gun nut, but ...
Old Union Guy
Oct 2015
#34