12-18-2014, 10:11 AM
I have a clue, Maggot. I'm far from gun shy. And, I just happen to be city folk!!
So, I disagree that being from the city makes me any more fearful or any less capable of understanding the issues at play than people from more rural areas; issues like how a gun works, how guns can be safely used for recreation/hunting/self-defense, gun crime stats and trends, the politics and effectiveness of current gun control legislation, media hype vs. media reporting, the Constitutional rights afforded to US citizens, problems associated with restricting the many for the actions of the few, how criminals work around laws and regulations...
The weak contention that anyone who's open to considering and discussing stricter gun control on a national level is somehow fearful and void of understanding is a contention that I see touted often by those who wanna stymie gun control discussion. That contention is baseless rhetoric, IMO.
Anyway, despite being a "city person", I'm qualified to have gun control discussions, as is user and everyone posting here, regardless as to whether they have as much personal experience or cultural indoctrination to guns as you and F.U. and some others, or whether they believe the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution is all-important or instead irrelevant, or whether they've educated themselves on the facts as much as I have or not...
So, I disagree that being from the city makes me any more fearful or any less capable of understanding the issues at play than people from more rural areas; issues like how a gun works, how guns can be safely used for recreation/hunting/self-defense, gun crime stats and trends, the politics and effectiveness of current gun control legislation, media hype vs. media reporting, the Constitutional rights afforded to US citizens, problems associated with restricting the many for the actions of the few, how criminals work around laws and regulations...
The weak contention that anyone who's open to considering and discussing stricter gun control on a national level is somehow fearful and void of understanding is a contention that I see touted often by those who wanna stymie gun control discussion. That contention is baseless rhetoric, IMO.
Anyway, despite being a "city person", I'm qualified to have gun control discussions, as is user and everyone posting here, regardless as to whether they have as much personal experience or cultural indoctrination to guns as you and F.U. and some others, or whether they believe the second amendment to the U.S. Constitution is all-important or instead irrelevant, or whether they've educated themselves on the facts as much as I have or not...