Re: home alarm systems are for sissys

["Just Looking" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm not sure where you got your information about the decrease in
> personal firearm ownership

http://www-news.uchicago.edu/releases/07/pdf/070410.guns.norc.pdf

And that is contradicted by this site:
http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?ID=126

And that is in turn contradicted by this site:
http://www.vpc.org/studies/gunownership.pdf

I am not certain what the General Social Survey is or if they are credible.
The topics they pick to survey and the organizations they gather data for
makes them a little suspect in my opinion.
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/ICPSR/SERIES/00028.xml



"Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Nov 2, 10:15?am, "Roland Moore" <nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > It is completely different in the state I am in. A person is eligible
for a
> > license to carry a concealed handgun. However the number of folks having
an
> > interest in guns seems to be on the decline here. I see far fewer guns
> > stores in business than I used to see.
> > During the period 1972 to 2006, the percentage of American households
that
> > reported having any guns in the home has dropped nearly 20 percentage
> > points: from a high of 54 percent in 1977 to 34.5 percent in 2006
> > The historical roots to gun ownership in the US versus Canada are very
> > different. That suits me as it seems to suit you as well.
> >
> > "A democracy is two wolves and a small lamb voting on what to have for
> > dinner. Freedom under a constitutional republic is a well armed lamb
> > contesting the vote."
> > - Benjamin Franklin
> >
>
> THAT quote is priceless!   I've never heard that before, but it sure
> puts personal firearm ownership in the true perspective. What a piece
> of work Franklin was. He just HAD to be an alien visitor to this
> planet.
>
> I'm not sure where you got your information about the decrease in
> personal firearm ownership but I've read articles that say that since
> the firearm confiscation that happened during Katrina, that national
> firearm ownership has increased and that some states have instituted
> laws that ban confiscation during an emergency.  I don't know what the
> source was tho.
>
>