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1. A question I ask myself, too. Why do men need the protection, but women don't?

Sun Dec 16, 2012, 01:05 PM

Dec 2012

Who's the weaker sex here?

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"Majority of men, Republicans, and Southerners report having a gun in their households" [View all] Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 OP

Apparently men, from the stats that show men are the major gun buyers nt Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #8

Men tend to hunt sharp_stick Dec 2012 #2

This is one of the best answers I've seen Fumesucker Dec 2012 #3

Some men, by no means all Fumesucker Dec 2012 #12

Maybe there's a huge component of fear and lack of confidence in masculinity Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #13

So women have plastic surgery, and men buy guns and pretend they're Sarah Ibarruri Dec 2012 #16

Women talk more HockeyMom Dec 2012 #4

In my household, both my wife and myself own several firearms. axetogrind Dec 2012 #6

Turn on a television.... polemic_realism Dec 2012 #7

I remember that link... rrneck Dec 2012 #14