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Old 10-30-2006, 07:31 PM   #11
MaggieL
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Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: Jeffersonville PA (15 mi NW of Philadelphia)
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Originally Posted by glatt
I think hand guns are more popular in cities, and longer guns are more popular in the country. It's easier to shoot a woodchuck with a rifle than get close enough to shoot it with a hand gun.
Quite true. Also home defense is more reasonably conducted with long guns when the nearest public thoroughfare is half a mile down a rural driveway.
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