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Originally Posted by myriverse
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In George Washington's day, only 14% of the male population owned guns. Why? Because one gun cost 2 months pay. And most of those guns were unusable. Why? Because they were improperly maintained. Even the ones that were usable were horrible for use. Why? Lousy accuracy and slow. Bows and arrows were still the best weapon.
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You might reconsider your source for those statistics which has been debunked by
this paper. Gun ownership was more prevalent than what you claim.