[quote=FlyerInHi]CAR. In my group of gun owners it’s a cultural thing
It’s not about thought and reasoning but about claiming a right that they feel should not infringed upon.
The argument about protecting the constitution is crap. These guys don’t care about the constitution, only the parts that they like.
The self-defense argument is also bullcrap. These guys are itching to blow someone’s head off for trespassing into their property. Real self-defense is about thoughtful modesty and avoiding dangerous situations, not provoke them.
Yes. some people such as battered women could use guns but that’s a different story.
I think in the country there is a cultural clash between the more urban, more cosmopolitan population and a more traditional middle America.
The people I know who own guns and are fanatical about them tend to be of lower educational backgrounds, regardless of their current incomes.
You don’t have to answer this, but I’ll take a wild guess here. I bet your husband owns guns also and he didn’t complete a 4-year college degree right after high school.
Allan said that guns are in our DNA. They are in our culture, not DNA. Culture can be changed.
I own guns but I’m OK with making guns so expensive and inconvenient that not every schmuck can own them. Yeah, yeah, what about the criminals you may ask? Criminals have easy access to guns because schmucks can buy them for cheap legally and trade them in the black/grey market.[/quote]
1. It sounds like you are blaming victims of crime with the “modesty” and “avoiding dangerous situations” comment. Victims are **absolutely not** responsible for the actions of violent criminals. Your assumptions about how one is targeted by a criminal are pretty naive.
2. My husband did not finish a 4-year degree, but he was close. His job requires training that, for the most part, isn’t found on college campuses. There are many decent jobs out there that don’t require a degree (many skilled trades don’t require degrees), and that doesn’t detract from the people or their professions. There are also a lot of people out there with degrees who are low-class and/or cannot even get a minimum wage job.
But that’s all beside the point. Mr. CAR is not a gun collector, and was never really into guns. He favors gun control. OTOH, I do have a degree plus 2-years post-grad education, and I’m the NRA member and life-long shooter, not my husband. My father, a college professor, taught me how to shoot when I was seven years old. I used to shoot with many different friends who were mostly college-educated and/or in the armed services.
You seem to like stereotypes. Unfortunately, trying to categorize supporters of gun rights like you do isn’t going to convince anyone that we should take guns away from people who are not legally insane or violent. And trying to insist that only rich people deserve the right to protect themselves is incredibly elitist.
