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[Spallenzani]

Re: Meme/WEAC & Dennis re: gun control

Dogs like him have discouraged home-invaders far more than guns ever have.

Like most things you say, you have no basis for this statement.

Statistics show that homes with dogs are avoided by criminals.

Statistics show that entire communities that have a large percentage of gun ownership are avoided by criminals. Even those who do not own guns benefit from the fact that their neighbors do. The same can't be said for dogs.

Also, lets examine how many children die each year to guns as opposed to dogs. I think you will be surprised with the results.

Further, a dog shouts a warning for both your family and the intruder, but intruders don't know ahead of time if you have a gun.

Then put a sign on your lawn.

Gun ownership doesn't discourage invaders from the attempt, a Shepard quickly will.

Wrong. Gun ownership does discourage invaders from the attempt. Read the study: http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493636.html

Nor do you have to worry about hiding your Shepard from your children,

As I said before, many more children are killed and injured each year by dogs than guns, so your argument is completely backwards, as usual.

finding bullets to load him

Keep it loaded or keep a clip nearby.

However, his gun ownership doesn't make me feel any safer.

It should. If it wasn't for the leftist media and the bogus studies funded with tax dollars like the one you and Mikkj presented, people wouldn't feel uncomfortable about gun ownership and might actually come to appreciate it.