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samnsara

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15. i just finished watching all 23 seasons of MidSomer Murders....what a BRILLIANT series

Reply to LakeArenal (Reply #11)

Tue Jun 20, 2023, 11:33 AM

Jun 2023

.....and barely EVER any gunshots. It was a nice quiet show with lots of action. Why shoot someone when you can smash them with a 3000 lb chandelier? Or coat them in chocolate?

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Are guns a generational thing? [View all] grumpyduck Jun 2023 OP

No I don't think so. redstatebluegirl Jun 2023 #1

No. It's anecdotal, but I know quite a few young people, most of whom are marginalized in some way, WhiskeyGrinder Jun 2023 #2

A lot of things have a demographic wave behind them bucolic_frolic Jun 2023 #3

Older folks attended school in fear of nuclear war. There has been an uneasy moratorium on them. usonian Jun 2023 #4

Fewer people are into hunting today. Me and my friends all hunted back when we doc03 Jun 2023 #5

I think you are on.point. sinkingfeeling Jun 2023 #6

I read a few years ago that 6% of population hunted at least one time in a year. That's not a lot. Silent Type Jun 2023 #13

No. CentralMass Jun 2023 #7

Anecdotally, there seems to be sarisataka Jun 2023 #8

Don't think so DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2023 #9

Watching old westerns from the 50s. Accepted behavior is pointing a gun at someone and forcing them Walleye Jun 2023 #10

No. Guns are glamorous. Guns are video games. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #11

i just finished watching all 23 seasons of MidSomer Murders....what a BRILLIANT series samnsara Jun 2023 #15

I'm not defending guns. Although we have had nine guns at one time. LakeArenal Jun 2023 #19

I love that show. Diamond_Dog Jun 2023 #22

Nope. I see more younger people buying guns than older people. Autumn Jun 2023 #12

im 73 and i remember parties in my 20s where someone was said to have a gun and you know what? samnsara Jun 2023 #14

I seriously doubt it. Do you have sales figures that indicate otherwise? emulatorloo Jun 2023 #16

I saw an ad for a children's game the other day... Initech Jun 2023 #17

What game was that?? sarisataka Jun 2023 #20

I don't know, but it was on that Temu junk site. Initech Jun 2023 #21

To some percentage, they're a phallic symbol. usonian Jun 2023 #18

Most people in the U.S.A. don't care enough about guns to tolerate all the bother of owning one. hunter Jun 2023 #23

It's a long term propaganda thing by the RW that turned the NRA into salesmen for gun manufacturers Hekate Jun 2023 #24

clearly not unless you mean in growth of guns Recycle_Guru Jun 2023 #25