Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: I don't think a rational debate on gun control is currently possible in the United States [View all]flamin lib
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Reasonable people who have guns as part of their life are unnoticed. They go about their business being who they are and doing whatever they do without regard for that small part of life that is a hobby. It isn't a part of their life that is so overwhelming that they even notice it. Fetishists gather together for reinforcement of that which is very important to them, to their very identity. They crave and need the encouragement that they are the regular, the ordinary and anyone who isn't in the club is an opponent to the righteous way of life.
I tried to be that voice of discussion, the one that might open eyes to other viewpoints, offering a quiet polite count point to the rhetoric of gun nuttery. It didn't work, so I'm treating you guys just like you treated me. Calling names (confiscator, gun grabber, controller, and any number of other insults designed to denigrate my comments) insulting my intelligence and integrity and generally being assholes.
So, no Ducky, I'm not the one who can't be talked to. I'm the mirror you need to look into.