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Gun Control & RKBA

Alea

(706 posts)

14. Tiny sliver?

Reply to flamin lib (Reply #13)

Fri Aug 4, 2017, 09:36 PM

Aug 2017

From Gallup:

"Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to report having a gun in their home. A majority of Republicans (55%) say they have a gun in their home, compared with 32% of Democrats."

also

"Nearly equal majorities of gun owners say they use their gun to protect themselves against crime, for hunting, and for target shooting. Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to report owning a gun, and are also more likely to say they use their gun for hunting."

http://www.gallup.com/poll/21496/gun-ownership-higher-among-republicans-than-democrats.aspx

So an admitted 32% is a tiny sliver? Maybe more since democrats are more likely to not admit to owning a gun.

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I wonder how many of the angry posters who are filling GD with strident defenses of civil rights [View all] needledriver Aug 2017 OP

I'm not doing the first, but if I was I would also do the second. Kali Aug 2017 #1

Try switching the 2nd part to "women exercising their right to control their own bodies?... brush Aug 2017 #2

Does it matter.... xajj4791 Aug 2017 #3

Have you set forth that comparison in GD yet? Paladin Aug 2017 #4

I was originally going to post in GD, but I figured needledriver Aug 2017 #7

"...championing a woman's right to choose, unless..." Paladin Aug 2017 #18

I'm with you 100% needledriver Aug 2017 #19

Not ALL amendments are equal tho The Polack MSgt Aug 2017 #5

My guess is that almost all of the people you are talking about have no flamin lib Aug 2017 #6

I thought that you swore never to post here again. oneshooter Aug 2017 #8

I was not talking about RKBA absolutists. needledriver Aug 2017 #9

My guess is you have an agenda. flamin lib Aug 2017 #10

And you don't? Alea Aug 2017 #12

Not one that only appeals to a tiny sliver of a minority of voters. nt flamin lib Aug 2017 #13

Tiny sliver? Alea Aug 2017 #14

Not talking about gun owners. nt flamin lib Aug 2017 #15

Lectures from someone who last year advocated voting *for* Republicans: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2017 #21

You are absolutely, piercingly correct. needledriver Aug 2017 #16

Nice agenda. Unimportant side benefit: pablo_marmol Aug 2017 #23

I think many of them have large problems with RKBA in this country krispos42 Aug 2017 #17

I recall the "TRUE Democrat" talk sarisataka Aug 2017 #20

In one of those anti-choice candidate threads one poster said Alea Aug 2017 #11

Cognitive dissonance is universal in tribal politics. AtheistCrusader Aug 2017 #22