How do you know the things you know about guns? [View all]

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Various proposals toward firearm regulation focus on firearms technology and type (e.g., assault weapon bans). Terminology gets flung about: assault weapon, large/small caliber, assault rifle, bolt action, semi-automatic, automatic, magazine, clip, revolver, scope, machine gun, etc etc etc.

So, for the people who participate in these discussions in this Group, what would you say is your primary source of knowledge about firearms technology? (If more than one, choose the main one and elaborate below.)

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	Personal experience - e.g. hunting, target shooting, competition
	15 (71%)
	Professional experience - e.g. military training, law enforcement
	4 (19%)
	Self-directed research - e.g. internet search, magazines, shop visits
	1 (5%)
	Information from 'gun control' organizations
	0 (0%)
	Information from 'gun rights' organizations
	0 (0%)
	Television, movies, and other entertainments
	0 (0%)
	News reports and op-eds
	0 (0%)
	Other (specified below)
	0 (0%)
	This is an unimportant (goofy, useless, irrelevant) question, for the reason(s) specified below
	1 (5%)
	0 DU members did not wish to select any of the options provided.
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