Think I'll jump in here with my $.02. From what I've seen in the local gun stores in Dallas, gun ownership is on the rise. The stores I frequently visit are always busy. (I've got my next purchase on layaway, BTW...drool drool) I often see other women in these stores, either going shooting, or looking at the guns with their hubbys. I was also at a recent gunshow, and it was PACKED!
I don't put ANY stock in the WSJ's article, or any other biased, anti-gun establishment. As has been said numerous times on this board, polls and such things often don't reflect reality. I've never once been polled on my beliefs!
I will also say "AMEN" to Will Beararms, who said that bit about the South seceding. Let's see 'em try and take the guns!
And, not all us "city-slickers" are lacking in the common sense dept. We are trying to get out of the city!
One more thing... About "advertising" the fact that one is a gun owner: I find it interesting that we are one of the few houses in our neighborhood that hasn't been broken into recently. We have signs on our windows that say "Occupants are armed and will use deadly force...nothing in this house is worth your life..." Could be a coinky-dink, but I don't think so.
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"Liberty or death, What we so proudly hail... Once you provoke Her, rattling of Her tail- Never begins it, NEVER- But once engaged never surrenders, showing the fangs of rage. DON'T TREAD ON ME!!
[This message has been edited by Darthmaum (edited October 29, 1999).]