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Gun Control Reform Activism

billh58

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3. Yet there are those

Reply to SunSeeker (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 18, 2017, 07:27 PM

Feb 2017

who claim that a gun in the home is necessary "insurance" against a home invasion, when statistically it will be 22 times more likely for it to cause a suicide, a homicide, or an accidental gun death than it will be used for self-defense.

What kind of insurance can be purchased to compensate for a gun being used for its intended and designed purpose, which is to kill a living being?

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Husbands Are Deadlier Than Terrorists [View all] billh58 Feb 2017 OP

Well, women are certainly more likely to be killed by their husbands than terrorists. SunSeeker Feb 2017 #1

Yet there are those billh58 Feb 2017 #3

And now, no matter how crazy you are...you can get a gun! angstlessk Feb 2017 #2

The gun nuts who billh58 Feb 2017 #4

Men are afraid women will laugh at them. mountain grammy Feb 2017 #5