Do ( D )s sell more guns than ( R )s?

[Dr H]

Are you're saying people are willing to die for their guns? That's pathological.

Some are certainly willing to kill for them.

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You do realize that "they" consists of of about 90 million very diverse people, not all of whom may be as intelligent and/or level-headed as yourself?

Sure, but our general resistance to shooting at people doesn't work because we're level headed, and continues to work even when the level headed response would actually be to shoot people.  I've been conditioned to fire, but wouldn't.  The whole insurrection thing really is a fantasy.  

I didn't say anything about an "insurrection".  But I know people right now who have taken pot-shots at trespassers, who would most certainly not hesitate to do so if they though someone was coming to take their guns.  Most people would probably try to dodge any confiscation law by hiding their weapons.  But 90 million gun owners allows for an awful wide breadth of sentiment.  Enough would be wiling to shoot to make a mess.

Ever trespassed on a farm in rural Maine?
Or a drug deal in Newark?

You ever watch those shows where it's a dea agent on the other end asking questions about hypothetical drug deals....? 

I spent my youth splitting time between north central florida and tampa bay.

And I've actually been shot at by irate farmers.
Not seriously, though, or I wouldn't be here now.

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How about taking away people's cars, Brian? Cars kill as many people as guns. If we take away half of the cars, we will probably reduce car related deaths by more than half. 

Flawed analogy.

The purpose of a car is to provide transportation.
The purpose of a gun is to kill.

Deaths result from the use of both, but only in the second case
are the deaths the result of the object being used for its intended purpose.