(February 10, 2016 at 10:05 am)drfuzzy Wrote:(February 10, 2016 at 9:55 am)Gawdzilla Wrote: ~300,000,000 Americans. ~600,000,000 guns. Most Americans don't own one gun. Some of my cousins have "the Big Fifty Club", being the fifty people with the most guns. The average for that group is ~170 guns. This may help show that the problem isn't as ubiquitous as it sounds.
Holy cow! Who needs that many guns? Wow. You can only shoot two at a time! And if you need to hit what you're shooting at, you would be better to use only one . . .
It's not as crazy as it looks on the surface. First off people who hunt will commonly have different guns for different game. Maybe .22 for rabbits, a shotgun for patriarch and 30-06 for deer. Also, well maintenaned guns, last a very long time. Its not uncommon to see guns in a family for many generations. Ex my grandfather has a perfect working order .22 that his father gave him over 50 years ago.
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Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
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Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
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