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TNLib

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11. That's a very interesting study thanks for posting.

Reply to HereSince1628 (Reply #9)

Sun Mar 25, 2012, 10:44 AM

Mar 2012

I live in the south east and have met many gun owners. The ones that owned the most guns and even had permits to carry firearms seemed to be the most fearul and paranoid of others.

It's been my obersvation that the more fearful and paranoid the individual the more likely they are to stock pile weapons.

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An armed society is not a polite society! [View all] TNLib Mar 2012 OP

An armed society is a fearful & dysfunctional society. baldguy Mar 2012 #1

+1 xchrom Mar 2012 #3

"Armed society is a polite society"--or Somalia (Mexico, Afghanistan, El Salvador....) lastlib Mar 2012 #2

You probably overstate the realities of the frontier west JackintheGreen Mar 2012 #4

rec SammyWinstonJack Mar 2012 #5

yup, yup, yup - Paranoid Vigilante World sucks jpak Mar 2012 #6

Archery is far cooler than guns. (nt) MichaelMcGuire Mar 2012 #7

America's new epidemic of politeness: struggle4progress Mar 2012 #8

There's a potenitally bad positive feedback loop in gun-carrying. HereSince1628 Mar 2012 #9

That's a very interesting study thanks for posting. TNLib Mar 2012 #11

An armed Society is a Polite Society - when has that ever been true? KG Mar 2012 #10

Living in the south I hear it all the time when discussing gun control TNLib Mar 2012 #12

Fear rules! pscot Mar 2012 #13

The wild west was not like it is as depicted on TV. obxhead Mar 2012 #14

Ah, someone finally made the link to our overarmed and militarized cognoscere Mar 2012 #17

A friend told me that term originated in prisons. Turbineguy Mar 2012 #15

Robert Heinlein was a science fiction writer. RevStPatrick Mar 2012 #16

"Polite" is an odd way to put it but determent/mutually assured destruction TheKentuckian Mar 2012 #18

Blame Robert Heinlein starroute Mar 2012 #19