Guns Culture

[Smackdown2019]

This discussion thread was locked as off-topic by Lasher (a host of the General Discussion forum).

Gun culture is divided into four parts, Rural, Metro, Respect, Negligence.

Rural, gun culture is hunting, family traditions, passing down the rifle, and meat shoots.

Metro, protection, criminal.

Respect, ownership of responsibility of knowing what it does, but in need of the weapon.

Negligence, dont care, just believe one has the right to own a powerful weapon and will use it on any threat they believe is a threat to them.

Rural and Respect go hand and hand.

Rural and Negligence has the wannabe militias and kooks that fire at anything that blows in the wind at night on their property.

Metro and Respect are those that carry for protection, took gun safety classes and store firearms in safety from children.

Metro and Negligence are those who carry for the chance to use, lay weapons about where children can withdraw loaded weapons.

Culture is what defines who one is. Either Rural or Metro, Culture define what society accepts.

Change is needed in these cultures.....

[Walleye]

1. I think another group in gun culture might be called, premeditated

[GenXer47]

2. awfully generous

What about "savagely racist?"

https://www.democracynow.org/2023/4/13/carol_anderson_guns_democracy_abortion

"...the Second Amendment emerged really fully out of a concern about Black people, out of a fear of Black people. And so, this is what the role of the militia was. And so, yes, we hear the thing about domestic tyranny. They really weren’t good at that. We heard this thing about being able to — the militia being able to fend off a foreign invasion. They really weren’t good at that. But what they were good at was putting down slave revolts. And so, when you’re having the debates about the Second Amendment, you’re having the battles over the ratification of the Constitution, the Second Amendment was the bribe to the South to not scuttle the Constitution of the United States, in order to have control of that militia to keep the enslaved in check.
And so, this stream that comes through is — what we’re consistently seeing is — and I think about Charlie Kirk, who said last week that, you know, unfortunately, there are going to be gun deaths, but that’s the price you have to pay in order to have the Second Amendment. And so, what it’s saying is, because of the inherent, fundamental fear of Black people in this nation, we are willing to be unsafe in our schools, in our churches, in our grocery stores, in our amusement parks, on our streets, in our parking lots. We are willing to be unsafe in order to be able to have the access to weaponry, where we can’t even think through it in terms of what is logical." - Dr. Carol Anderson, Emory University

[taxi]

3. People will finds ways to justify their own beliefs

Some believe guns are the answer. Those without guns generally do not shoot people. Guns are not needed in cultures where people are at risk.

[Aristus]

4. How about the fifth part: "I Don't Need A F*****g Gun!" Culture?

I get to laugh myself silly at these assholes who bring an assault rifle into Subway, hoping people will think they're badass instead of slimy, pathetic little cowards.

Also, because I qualified as an expert on personal sidearms, assault rifles, and tank weapons when I was in the Army, and don't need to be a fucking poseur to get a macho kick.

[sanatanadharma]

5. This is an absolutely valid truth about 'gun desire' in American Culture. It exists in the few.

The majority of USa, rural and metro, do not have gun desire. It matters not that gun desire arises from tradition or fear, we do not need more guns in the hands of the negligent and the only way is to stomp down hard on 'gun desire'.

The US Constitution has both tradition (2nd amendment) and the means to amend negligent traditions.
What is lacking so far in combating gun-desire-culture, is that fact there has not yet been sufficient blood shed to motivate the politicians.
Ask everyone of them, "How much blood do you need before changing your negligent ways?"

[Smackdown2019]

6. I have guns, but they are solely for hunting.

I dont have any handguns, just rifles and shotguns. I deer hunt and sometimes i may hunt a rabbit in season, or shoot at coyotes that are chasing my cattle, but they are put up under lock and key when not in use. I dont carry them in public and I dont want to see them fastened to someones side in public. That to me tells me that they intend to use it another person. Its the AR-15 that really scares me. I at times hear my neighbors in the valley shoot their AR-15 on their property. Just hearing that makes one focus on your saftey then. What gets me, there is a Conservation Shooting Range 5 miles away, they should shoot at there. But in the rural, its quite difficult to communicate to others when they hold AR-15......

[maxsolomon]

7. Plenty of rural negligence regarding child access to firearms

Toddler shootings happen anywhere there are guns and neglectful adults. Country folk aren't special.

[Smackdown2019]

8. They are.

Accidental discharge happens throughout this nation. Negligence happens in Metro and Rural. Its the mindset of gun owners feeling they are free to keep it ready.

[Lasher]

9. Locking after a discussion with forum hosts.

Discussion of guns is not normally permitted in the GD forum. May I suggest the Gun Control & RKBA group instead?