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Re: Dale C post# 277819

Wednesday, 03/21/2018 6:12:08 PM

Wednesday, March 21, 2018 6:12:08 PM

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Just 3% of Americans own more than half the country's guns

February 18, 2018 by Paul Ratner

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This February 4, 2013 photo illustration in Manassas, Virginia, shows a Colt AR-15 semi-automatic rifle a Colt .45 semi-auto handgun and a Walther PK380 semi-auto handgun and a copy of the US Constitution on top of the American flag.(Photo credit: KAREN B

Americans are not as gun-obsessed as some would like their countrymen to believe. Linking gun ownership to the identity of being an American has been a successful sales tactic that is more myth than reality. The numbers show that a small, unrepresentative, but disproportionately vocal portion of the American population, aided by self-serving politicians and a powerful lobby organization, has enacted its agenda over the majority of Americans, who do not own guns and would rather see much stronger gun safety regulations.

http://bigthink.com/paul-ratner/a-minority-of-americans-owns-most-of-the-guns-and-drives-gun-agenda-studies-show

Yes, a failure of government and a failure of a majority of your population to bring a minority to a more rational attitude toward your gun culture.

The percentage of households with guns has fallen over recent years.

It was Plato who said, “He, O men, is the wisest, who like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing”

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