Comments on: Liars figure

By: Diamondback

Diamondback — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 02:22:35 +0000

Yep, If you don’t like something or someone, just pretend it, they don’t exist. Earthtimes? That’s a hippie rag right? Violence Policy Center? That’s an anti-gun group isn’t it? Don’t know who their trying to fool. Maybe if they wish real hard, we’ll all just vanish?

By: chris

chris — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 20:01:52 +0000

Contrary to public claims by the gun industry and the gun lobby, firearms ownership has declined dramatically.

Not in my house, dude.

Go to a magazine rack and pick up any buyers’ guide or a 2007 Gun Digest and check out all of the various options that the ~~nefarious~~ gun manufactureres include in thier multitude of offerings to make people like me walk into a gun store, with no intention of making a purchase, and walk out loaded for bear, but light in the wallet.

I simply don’t believe this claim.

It sounds like some kind of Pew Trust Research drivel to me.

By: BobG

BobG — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 18:02:47 +0000

The only ones they are counting are the new guns; hell, over a dozen of mine were bought second hand, so how do they know how many people own guns that they bought in private sales?

By: Captain Holly

Captain Holly — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:38:38 +0000

That’s assuming also that the people whom the pollsters are surveying are telling them the truth. Many gun owners –including me — would probably not admit to owning guns if a complete stranger called out of the blue and asked them about it.

I suspect that people would be even more reluctant to admit to owning a gun if they live in a jurisdiction where it’s either illegal or heavily regulated. Hence, it’s not surprising that states like Hawaii would have the lowest rates of gun ownership. I doubt I would tell anyone if I lived there.

By: David Codrea

David Codrea — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 15:38:03 +0000

Unfortunately, when you look up “gun” on Google, guess what the first link is that pops up…