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Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Fewer and Fewer Americans Own Guns [View all]discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)33. Let me count the ways
Excuse me for putting my nose in here but maybe I can answer some of these questions.
Young people are today at the forefront of numerous social, political and cultural changes. Since the 80s we've seen the rise of internet and all manner of fraud from Nigerian scammers to the social misfits seen on Catfish the TV show. We've seen privacy eroded by personal info being compromised and stolen from companies we deal with. Phone records are monitored by the government. FISA, USA Patriot Act...
Is it any wonder? Is it such a stretch that an increasing number of people refuse to be truthful about certain things they may feel should remain private?
I also favor sensible regulations, UBCs for one.
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Fewer and fewer Americans honestly answering questions on the phone from strangers
Lurks Often
May 2015
#2
Good for you, I refuse to tell any annonymous pollsters that I may own firearms.
GGJohn
May 2015
#14
It comes up in conversation about shootings and dumbass things that people do with guns...
Human101948
May 2015
#15
Is that "obsession with other people's genitalia", an "Uncle Ruckus", or both?
friendly_iconoclast
May 2015
#40
Ah! You at least take the Political Theory of Gun-Owner Paranoia seriously....
Eleanors38
May 2015
#30
Sorry but "whoosh" as the expression goes. I don't ask my friends because....
Eleanors38
May 2015
#45
If you were serious about the gun control "issue," you might see Obama's dilemma...
Eleanors38
May 2015
#46
One of the best metrics for measuring new gun owners involves firearm training......
pablo_marmol
May 2015
#37