Ravenwood - 09/08/05 07:00 AM
The headline reads: "D.C. Ranks Well in New Gun Report". I guess that depends on how you define "well", and what you are basing your ranking on. The rankings are apparently based on admitted gun ownership (or lack thereof). Washington D.C. ranks "well" because not very many people admit to owning guns. But when it comes to lowering crime, D.C. ranks rather predictably.
The District may have a high number of gun related crimes, but a new report says the city has the lowest number of homes with loaded and unlocked guns.Wyoming apparently ranked poorly.A study published Tuesday in the journal Pediatrics finds that only five percent of D.C. homes keep guns around. Wyoming had the highest numbers.
Thirty-three percent of that states' adults said they kept firearms in or around their homes unlocked and loaded.
Washington's low numbers are attributed to its long-standing bans on handguns and semiautomatic weapons.Yet they still have an epidemic proportion of gun crime and are an annual contender for the nation's murder capital title.
And you've got to love their methodology. Guns are illegal in D.C. and many other places, yet they call people up and ask them how many guns they have and how they are stored. I live in Virginia where gun ownership is legal (if not encouraged). But I've got good friends who can't get a straight answer out of me about my gun ownership. If these yahoos called me on the phone asking me how many guns I've got, I'd tell them (in not so many words) to get bent.
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How much did that "study" cost?
And that headline is priceless.
Posted by: Bruce at September 8, 2005 8:47 AMThe second part of your post reminds me of a conversation I had with US customs while entering Ontario in a Piper Cherokee 6.
"Any alchohol?"
"No"
"Tobacco?"
"No"
"Guns?"
"Yeah, we've got a lot of them, but no we didn't bring 'em with us"
Long-ass interogation follows about how many guns I have, though they have already searched the plane for whatever ...
Finally:
Me: "You know, we have a lot of guns down there because we're still a free country"
Canadian Customs Bitch (all huffy): Canada's a free country too."
Me: "Yeah right, look we gotta get going ...."
Posted by: Dave Lincoln at September 8, 2005 9:27 AMWhen you outlaw guns only outlaws will have guns HEY IF THESE LIBERAL TWITS CANT READ WHAT THE 2ND AMENDMENT SAYS THEN THOSE LIBERALS SHOULD JUST STEP DOWN AND LEAVE IT OPEN TO MORE QUALIFIED PERSON LIKE WHY DONT CHAPPAQUEDIC TED JUST LEAVE THE COUNTRY AND NEVER COME BACK THE SAME TO GEORGE SOROS AND ANDREW MC,CELVY
Posted by: screaming eagle at September 8, 2005 10:38 AMGreat story Dave!
Posted by: Derek at September 8, 2005 11:39 AMVery awesome story Dave!
Surprises me that Wyoming is the highest, I've been to a couple states that made me wonder about highest gun ownership. My home state has also got me curious since I only know of about five people without guns. (personal church friends, co workers at Wal Mart and a restaurant, some 50 CJ majors....)
I don't think I've ever told anyone outside of closed circles what I have or how many, but everyone knows I do like firearms. Half the CJ class about crapped their pants when I opened my trunk on range day. Talk about a respect gainer. :P
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