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09-20-2016, 12:44 AM
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Veteran
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Location: Vancouver Canada
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3% of American adults own half of guns in the US
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09-20-2016, 12:56 AM
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Location: Bossier City, Louisiana
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Lots of collectors out here. Many of those guns stay in the safe and are rarely if ever fired
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09-20-2016, 01:06 AM
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Just another Facist
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Now in Houston
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Up to 400k stolen guns now.
17 guns per "super owners"
I guess I'm a super owner. But just barely. I know guys with 200 guns. It sets the average thing askew I would think.
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09-20-2016, 01:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Burls
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Is there a point to this? How many stamp collectors own most of the collectable stamps in the world? How many rich vintage car collectors own most of the classic old cars?
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09-20-2016, 06:49 AM
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Originally Posted by Clocker
Is there a point to this? How many stamp collectors own most of the collectable stamps in the world? How many rich vintage car collectors own most of the classic old cars?
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actually i think if you look at the investment appreciation of stamps versus guns, guns are a much better investment.
i am a stamp collector. 
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09-20-2016, 07:12 AM
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and 1% own 80% of EVERYTHING else...
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09-20-2016, 07:37 AM
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Originally Posted by sammy the sage
and 1% own 80% of EVERYTHING else...
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Good one.
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09-20-2016, 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by sammy the sage
and 1% own 80% of EVERYTHING else...
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That was a beauty, 
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09-20-2016, 11:31 AM
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this study makes me laugh. the accuracy of this is extremely poor. I guess I'm a super owner lol. First off I know at least fifty people that would fit into that category. And I can tell you zero of them would answer a single question in this survey. Gun owners as a general rule will tell you nothing about the guns they own. At the very least what they tell you is complete BS. It would be next to impossible to have an accurate survey with gun owners. The last thing any of them want anybody to know is how many guns they own. I know a young man that owns so much ammo that he had to move it to the basement because it was starting to sag his floor joists. I know another ammo reloader that has over 250 lbs of powder. And if you know anything about ammunition you'd have an idea of how many rounds that powder would create. I can tell you this with 100% accuracy, this study is an absolute joke and is so far out there it's laughable.
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09-20-2016, 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by chadk66
And I can tell you zero of them would answer a single question in this survey. Gun owners as a general rule will tell you nothing about the guns they own. At the very least what they tell you is complete BS.
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I agree. My response would be that I lost all my guns in a mysterious boating accident many years ago, and I can't remember where. 
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09-20-2016, 12:12 PM
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The Voice of Reason!
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Originally Posted by Clocker
I agree. My response would be that I lost all my guns in a mysterious boating accident many years ago, and I can't remember where. |
Some guy with a knife held me up and stole all my guns.
He put them into a knapsack and ran off with them.
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09-20-2016, 12:15 PM
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Originally Posted by Tom
Some guy with a knife held me up and stole all my guns.
He put them into a knapsack and ran off with them.
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Never bring a gun to a knife fight.
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09-20-2016, 12:30 PM
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I wonder how many tax dollars were wasted on this study.
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09-20-2016, 12:39 PM
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Originally Posted by chadk66
I wonder how many tax dollars were wasted on this study.
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And why was it conducted by "public health researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities"? Gun ownership is not a public health issue. Nuts who kill people with guns or knives or pressure cookers are a mental health issue, but one unlikely to be solved by surveys.
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09-20-2016, 01:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Clocker
And why was it conducted by "public health researchers from Harvard and Northeastern universities"? Gun ownership is not a public health issue. Nuts who kill people with guns or knives or pressure cookers are a mental health issue, but one unlikely to be solved by surveys.
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