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Old 03-07-2011, 08:27 AM   #1
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Talking Still not enough!

Heh. Got to work on the other ten people.

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Old 03-07-2011, 08:37 AM   #2
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I thought Switzerland had the most?
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Old 03-07-2011, 08:42 AM   #3
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Ben thanks,

We all need to help out more..

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Old 03-07-2011, 10:05 AM   #4
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I think the article is misleading. Americans may own more guns as a whole but I don't believe we have the most armed citizens, once again I believe that is Switzerland.
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Old 03-07-2011, 10:30 AM   #5
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The key to Switzerland being well armed is the Fact that Every Male is expected to serve in the military...and they are allowed to keep their Military Issued rifle when they are through with their military service, which most take advantage of.

That article says that there are enough firearms out there to arm roughly 9 out of 10 Americans....not stating that 9 out of 10 Americans are armed.

Switzerland probably has the highest percentage of their citizens armed.

Yemen is the Scary one on that list coming in at number 2.......that's some scary chit there

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Old 03-07-2011, 12:06 PM   #6
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Perhaps I was just being over critical thinking that the author chose to use the title in a way that would bolster support for more gun control laws, which I am against.
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Old 03-07-2011, 01:21 PM   #7
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"Guns per Capita" is different from "Gun owners per Capita".

The article is definitely misleading. It could be 1 person per hundred and each of them own 90 guns.
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