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Re: If you've Bought a Gun for Self-Protection, you're not Alone. 

By: Beldin in CONSTITUTION | Recommend this post (2)
Thu, 31 Oct 13 2:02 AM | 114 view(s)
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Tom,

I bought a Bushmaster AR-10 (and several boxes of .308 ammunition) the very morning after election day 2012, and like the top 60%, it was for personal protection ...

... against tyrannical statists who currently infest our government.

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If you’ve Bought a Gun for Self-Protection, you’re not Alone.
By: TomTamilio in CONSTITUTION
Wed, 30 Oct 13 6:10 PM 		Msg. 20503 of 21975

If you’ve Bought a Gun for Self-Protection, you’re not Alone.

By KevinC
TeamGunBlogger.com

October 30, 2013

Gallup polled gun owners asking them why they own a gun, and personal protection was the #1 reason given.

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Americans who say they personally own a gun were asked this open-ended question in Gallup’s Oct. 3-6 annual Crime poll. These 309 gun owners were allowed to provide up to three reasons they own guns.

After personal safety and hunting, general mentions of recreation or sport are third (13%) among the reasons gun owners chose to own a firearm, with 8% citing target shooting.

Only 5% of American gun owners cite “Second Amendment rights,” despite its frequent use as an argument against gun control. Three percent say they own a gun related to their line of work in the police or military. Collecting guns as a hobby and euthanizing sick animals or pest control had few mentions.

Ummn, having a gun for personal protection IS an argument against gun control and ever since Heller vs. DC, it IS protected by the Second Amendment. Only 5% of gun owners gave that as a reason why they own guns, but the fact is, the Second Amendment is the real reason we all can protect ourselves and our loved ones with a gun.

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