-> You don't know any policemen? Sheriff's deputies? Assorted other
-> LEA's? Security personnel? Active duty military?
What are LEA's? No, I know no such persons personally. Of course, I
guess I could count the security personel who are employed at our
school. But I wasn't counting mere acquaintances when I made that
remark. I meant people whom I really know and consider to be among my
circle of friends.
-> Have you specifically asked everyone you know "Do you own a gun?".
-> Made an exhaustive search of every home you've been in?
Of course not. That's why I said "to my knowledge" in my original post.
It's just that, if over half the households in the U.S. have a gun, I
would think that even without my running such a survey and search, I
would have discovered through everyday conversation that I know someone
who owns a gun.
I'm willing to concede that I'm wrong. I was just surprised by your
claim, and that's why I asked for a supporting source to back up your
supposed statistic.
-> www.nra.org in the 'fact sheets' section puts firearms owned in the
-> U.S. at 230 million, held by 65 million owners (based on info from
-> the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms - BATF).
But, how many of those owners reside in the same household? And how many
households are there?
Sheila King
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