johnbryanpeters
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More from 9/11 hysteria. The epidemic had nothing to do with it.We've already seen the shift to the police state and guns had nothing to do with it.
It was from covid.
More from 9/11 hysteria. The epidemic had nothing to do with it.We've already seen the shift to the police state and guns had nothing to do with it.
It was from covid.
Where you live can make a difference as well. On my street - which resembles a tightly packed shore town because the houses were originally built for similar reasons - the chances of a missed shot or even over-penetration into a neighbor's house would be extremely high. It would be hard for me to aim in any direction without another house 100' or less away. Especially from my front door.
That said, I have often hypothesized that the reason crime is fairly low in my area is because it's generally blue-collar and you can pretty much assume every house on the street is armed.
This is all what history teaches us.
I hope I am wrong.
That's the thing - the home values in my neighborhood are some of the lowest in the area. But around half the residents are retired, so it's pretty much impossible that something can happen on the street without someone noticing.
But I agree with the above comment about guns being related to a sense of control over one's environment when so much of the world feels out of control. My own interest in guns is from a military history and sport perspective than from personal protection concerns.
Based on my own experience I don't disagree, but I personally know gun owners who are not hunters or target shooters and their guns were purchased entirely for home protection. Is the trope of the paranoid white guy in his basement hoarding AR-15s over blown by the media? Definitely. But that trope is based in a kernel of truth and cannot be dismissed as "nonsense" just because it doesn't apply to you.There is a misconception that most gun owners have guns in fear of home invasion, which is nonsense. I first bought a handgun for target shooting. Then I bought several shotguns and rifles for hunting. I bet that map of gun ownership by state lines up very well with hunters/capita.
Based on my own experience I don't disagree, but I personally know gun owners who are not hunters or target shooters and their guns were purchased entirely for home protection. Is the trope of the paranoid white guy in his basement hoarding AR-15s over blown by the media? Definitely. But that trope is based in a kernel of truth and cannot be dismissed as "nonsense" just because it doesn't apply to you.
So is expecting the outcome of your personal experience to be in line with the average outcome of said population. Likely does not equal certain. Not sure what post you were responding to but in general I agree with your comment, just thought I would reverse the logic and see if it worked. I think it does.Making generalizations about the behavior of an entire population, based on your own personal experience is LOL-able.
I wasn't implying covid was created for the purpose of taking away personal freedoms.@JPark left out the obvious false flag operation on 1/6/21View attachment 207995
Making generalizations about the behavior of an entire population, based on your own personal experience is LOL-able.
The survey further finds that approximately a third of gun owners (31.1%) have used a firearm to defend themselves or their property, often on more than one occasion
I have no skin in this game, and I've only been half following this thread, but this doesn't pass the smell test for me. There was previously a graphic showing that some states had like 50% of their people owning guns. This would mean that one in six people in the state used a gun to defend themselves on their property. How many people do you (the royal you) know that have used a gun to defend themselves on their property?
I've lived in very low crime areas most of my life so I personally don't know anyone who has used a gun defensively.
Perhaps they are lying but I don't know why they would.