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Gun Ownership

Monday, December 31, 2012

Strong Debate on Gun Ownership, Self-Defense and the 2nd Amendment

Patch users spoke often, and sometimes eloquently, in response to our poll question about gun ownership. We've compiled some of the best opinions here.

Patch’s most recent Sunday Poll question — Have Recent Events Made it More Likely for You to Own a Gun? — has an almost 50-50 split among 90 votes and more than 200 comments from Patch users. The discussion is at times emotional, but numerous users have shared thoughtful opinions about gun ownership, gun violence, self-defense and even mental illness. What follows are some of the best comments. You can still vote in the poll and participate in the discussion. Keith Best: I refuse to be a victim. I will protect myself and my family WITH A GUN if I have to. If I never have to pull it out all the better, but as I said, I refuse to be a victim. Steve Ebbie: I have hunted all my life. Own a variety of guns: shotguns, rifles, pistols and black …

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Have Recent Events Made it More Likely for You to Own a Gun?

Patriot

1:58 pm on Friday, January 4, 2013

This young man said it well!!!! http://www.guns.com/2013/01/03/marine-writes-letter-to-sen-dianne-feinstein-i-will-not-be-disarmed-video/   more ›

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Have Recent Events Made it More Likely for You to Own a Gun?

Discussion on gun control, ownership and use has come to the forefront locally and nationally. Vote in our poll on the matter, and participate in the comments.

Three high-profile shooting deaths in the Milwaukee area since August — coupled with mass shootings in Aurora, CO and Newtown, CT — have heightened the national dialogue on gun ownership and control. It’s also increased the interest in Americans of owning guns. Sellers across the country reported surges in business following the Newtown elementary school shooting, and the head of the National Rifle Association called for armed security in schools. Meanwhile, Democrats plan to introduce federal legislation to ban production of high-capacity magazines, according to the Huffington Post. Have recent events made it more likely you would own a gun for personal safety? Or have they squelched any notion of owning one? Finally, have events and …

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Moviegoers 'Shocked' by Colorado Theater Shooting, NRA Calls for 'Armed Security' Around Schools (in Fox Point-Bayside Patch), UPDATE: 40-Year-Old Army Vet Named as Gunman in Sikh Temple Shooting, and 2 more ›

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The Anti-Alinsky

6:29 pm on Thursday, January 17, 2013

Johnny, you are just getting ridiculous. I don't know ANYONE that uses the acronym ACA for B.O.Care. There are too many other things with those 3 simple initials. As far as B.O.Care, have YOU read the bill? If so enlighten us. If not, here is the guts of it: Parent's can carry their children up to age 26. Preventative health services for women is required at no extra charge above men's coverage. …   more ›

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