# You Don't Know Me, and I Have a Gun!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-me-and-i-have-a-gun/325740>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 11, 2005, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-me-and-i-have-a-gun/325740 "2005-10-11T12:25:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![jimpatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@jimpatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpatro)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-me-and-i-have-a-gun/325740/121 "2005-10-13T19:13:55Z")

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**Dan Blather**

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> to me there are three kinds of gun owners:
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> 1. Hunters, target shooters, and collectors
> 2. People who want guns for personal protection and to reduce crime
> 3. People who want to have guns so that they can fight an evil govt and the black helicopters

1. Criminals

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-me-and-i-have-a-gun/325740/122 "2005-10-13T19:17:59Z")

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> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> The minutemen of April 19, 1775 were fighting an evil government. With guns, no less. So were they “real nutters” too?

Only if they were like the people in your gun safety class.

😉

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**Author:** ![jimpatro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b9e5f3/32.png) [@jimpatro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimpatro)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2005, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-me-and-i-have-a-gun/325740/123 "2005-10-13T19:21:30Z")

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Incidentally, a criminal can walk into any gun store and buy a gun just like anyone else. If he’s doesn’t have a record then he’s got nothing to worry about.  
And the stats on criminals without records: Well we just can’t know now can we?

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**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2005, 9:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-dont-know-me-and-i-have-a-gun/325740/124 "2005-10-14T09:36:47Z")

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> [@Crafter\_Man](#):
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> The minutemen of April 19, 1775 were fighting an evil government. With guns, no less. So were they “real nutters” too?

No, they were damn rebels ungratefully biting the hand that had fed them and swept English-speaking North America clean of Spanish and French influence during the preceding generations. Also they were unrepresentative of the majority of their own population, and routinely intimidated those who disagreed with them. I think “real nutters” will do.

/King George’s man

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