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If every car was searched at a Trump rally, you'd find a weapons cache in about 5% of them. (Original Post) Yavin4 Monday OP
I would think it would be higher. Turbineguy Monday #1
I'll go with "much higher"...nt Wounded Bear Monday #2
Likewise True Dough Monday #4
You're probably right. Yavin4 Monday #7
5%? I'd say at the minimuim 35%. Initech Monday #3
Of course, that's why he stands behind thick bulletproof glass, and they make them park their cars miles away Walleye Monday #5
That percentage seems way too low. Island Blue Monday #6
Hunting season DeepWinter Monday #8
Man arrested, then released. moondust Monday #9
Depending on the venue, 20 - 80% haele Monday #10
It's probably between 10% & 20% Wiz Imp Monday #11

Initech

(101,398 posts)
3. 5%? I'd say at the minimuim 35%.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 11:47 AM
Monday

And then Alex Jones literally had a gut laugh back in June saying that killing Trump would be good for the cause. They didn't think some moron was going to act on that? You want to find the problem, go to the source!

Walleye

(34,574 posts)
5. Of course, that's why he stands behind thick bulletproof glass, and they make them park their cars miles away
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 11:48 AM
Monday

DeepWinter

(309 posts)
8. Hunting season
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 12:01 PM
Monday

in my neck of the woods in the upper mid-west, I'd be surprised if there wasn't a rifle or shotgun in at least 15-20% of the vehicles. I'm probably low balling that. Cleaning mine for the season right now.

moondust

(20,345 posts)
9. Man arrested, then released.
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 12:05 PM
Monday
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Mr Miller was then taken into custody "without incident", the Riverside County Sheriff's office said. He was later released and told US media he was a Trump supporter who was not planning to harm the Republican presidential candidate.

The US Secret Service said Trump “was not in any danger”, and that the incident did not impact protective operations.
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https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gqyezwj7lo
But...but...corporate media cried ANOTHER ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT!!!!

Maybe the guy was a campaign plant trying to draw more support for the poor "assassination victim"???

I figured it was just another gun humper.

haele

(13,323 posts)
10. Depending on the venue, 20 - 80%
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 12:07 PM
Monday

Even in Blue states with strong gun laws.
That type likes to think they're lone gun heros striding through a lawless frontier full of "those people".

Haele

Wiz Imp

(960 posts)
11. It's probably between 10% & 20%
Mon Oct 14, 2024, 12:29 PM
Monday

According to The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, about 5.7 million handguns are stored in cars and 9.5 million long guns are stored in Garages. If we look at the number of cars with a gun compared to the number of households with a car, it implies only about 5% of households with a car have a gun in the car. But figuring Trump supporters are more likely to carry a gun in the car, and those that go to rallies even more likely, I'd still figure a max of around 20% (Note 6 states still make it illegal to carry a gun in the car).

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/00027162231164855

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