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In reply to the discussion: Fewer and Fewer Americans Own Guns [View all]Human101948
(3,457 posts)38. You are the one arguing for paranoia...
"most folks I know who keep arms have had them for years before letting me know about it. This is quite wise. You don't blow it out to any Tom, Dick, or Harriette what you keep in your home (guns being among the most sought-after commodity for thieves & B & E boys). Even my hunting buddies from years back don't tell me what they have beyond their hunting guns, and I haven't asked. And I'm sure not going to rattle off what I have to anyone sitting across from me. "
You consider your friends possible thieves and B & E suspects? That's what I would call paranoia.
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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