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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What have a listserve and what we do is identify any address with a criminal domiciled and spread the word!

it all came about from a similar non-anonymous question on guns in homes, and it turned out the person advocating outing of firearms owners had a stepson with an assault record!

A list member who was it the PD identified that person, and we found that a number of us because of Human REosurces jobs or law enforcement jobs had access to databases with arrest records whihc in the US are public .

Half or more of  country owns guns that is not the risk factor, the risk factor for violence, be it bating death, knife fightng or attack injuries or death, sexual attack --  is arrest records.

about 10% of DC has arrest records and those are 90% of people who commit murder. Know where they live. If a kids big brother or step father or mother's boyfriend has an arrest record OUT THEM so everyone knowns![/quote]

Actually less than half of Americans own guns: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/news/wonk/wp/2016/06/29/american-gun-ownership-is-now-at-a-30-year-low/. But the average gun owner owns 8 guns. Is it really so mysterious that the rest of us think gun owners comprise a high number of psychos? Who needs 8 guns? And let's be real: most of these people aren't well-educated and conscientious.[/quote]

Why does the number matter, would you rather have a gun owner with 8 guns who keeps them responsibly secured in a safe or someone with just one who keeps it out lying around in arms reach? [/quote]

The former, obviously. But the people who keep arsenals and own assault rifles and the like seem less likely to be responsible gun owners. [/quote]

Seem? Can you explain why, beyond gut feelings? [/quote]

Because an AR-15 is not a hunting gun, nor does it require a high level of skill to use. The only reason a civilian would own one is because he thinks it's "fun" to shoot or because it gives him a sense of power. Both of those qualities are less likely to be found in a person who is a responsible gun owner. And most hunters don't need giant arsenals.[/quote]

Define giant and arsenal. Most hunters do have multiple guns. [/quote]

Yeah 6-8 guns doesn’t qualify as a giant arsenal in my mind. [/quote]

There are a lot of posters on here who think differently. So please quantify what you mean. An arsenal to me means thousands of rounds of ammo and a hundred guns. [/quote]

An arsenal to me means more guns than you actually use for a specific purpose on an annual basis. So if you go duck hunting a couple of times a year and deer hunting a couple of times a year and pheasant hunting and squab hunting once or twice and shoot clay pigeons recreationally, how many guns do you need for that? Not 8+. What is the purpose of the extra guns? Do you think they are fun? Do you delude yourself that you will defend yourself against the government with them (a lot of people actually think this way)? Are they for "home defense," even though the data show that they do not actually reduce your risk of being shot and likely increase it? [/quote]

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