The Antagonizing Amendment

More states are moving to allow "open carry" of guns, which is putting some companies in the uncomfortable position of having to choose whom to offend (http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2014/0520/Chipotle-Mixing-guns-and-burritos-is-intimidating-so-please-disarm). In light of this new round (pun intended) in the gun debate, here's an informative quiz on the Second Amendment: http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2011/1104/How-much-do-you-know-about-the-Second-Amendment-A-quiz/Topic-of-Second-Amendment
   And while we're on the subject, this came in from wisegeek.com:

About 37% of US households had a gun in early 2013, one study found. Nearly one-fourth of the adults who were surveyed reported that they personally owned a gun, and about 13% claimed it was owned by another person in the household. The US has the highest number of owned guns and the highest per-capita rate of gun ownership in the world. In
the US, there are an estimated 270 million civilian firearms, or about 90 for every 100 people.

More about gun ownership:
  • Japan has the lowest rate of gun ownership, at less than one gun for every 100 people.

  • Nearly half of US gun owners said they own a gun for protective reasons, which was an increase of about 22% since 1999.

  • Although Brazil ranked 75th in the world in civilian gun ownership, it had the highest rate of homicide from guns, with more than 34,000 of them in 2010.

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