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Spider Jerusalem

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16. People who say things like "I have more guns than I need but not as many as I want"

Fri Jan 11, 2013, 12:36 PM

Jan 2013

people who think they need a locker full of weapons to protect them from the evil government

People who actually believe "an armed society is a polite society" and that the answer to gun violence is to arm teachers, put armed police in schools, and for every law-abiding citizen to have a gun for personal defence.

People who engage in Constitutional idolatry and Founding Father hero-worship when it comes to the Second Amendment but not any of the others.

People whose sense of perspective is so fucking warped that they compare deaths from gun violence to traffic accidents, or smoking, as though there's the slightest equivalence.

There are others who qualify, I'm sure, but that covers most of those I've seen commenting lately.

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When you say Gun Nut, who do you mean? [View all] hootinholler Jan 2013 OP

How about defensive posturing gun owners who want to justify their fear by parading their weaponry? randome Jan 2013 #1

Anyone whose psychological need to Ron Green Jan 2013 #2

Yep. nt Pale Blue Dot Jan 2013 #4

What you said... Hell Hath No Fury Jan 2013 #10

Nice summation. n/t 99Forever Jan 2013 #14

Well put. Thanks. nt Chorophyll Jan 2013 #22

Anyone who values the truncated 2nd amendment tblue Jan 2013 #32

This. n/t TygrBright Jan 2013 #40

The morally disturbed. (nt) Control-Z Jan 2013 #42

Gungeoneers; compound dwellers; bigots with guns; hoarders; public carriers; those who drool over Hoyt Jan 2013 #3

Public carriers? Bake Jan 2013 #5

Of course it does. Very few rational people see the need to carry a gun into Chuck E Cheese, etc. Hoyt Jan 2013 #37

That's a pretty broad brush you got there. hootinholler Jan 2013 #11

"Free-rider" -- someone who benefits from NRA right wing agenda but too cheap to pay dues. Hoyt Jan 2013 #38

Where do you disagree? Hoyt Jan 2013 #39

Mostly with those who ask for your definition of assault rifle hootinholler Jan 2013 #45

anyone that freely immerses themself and engages in the massive gun subculture Johonny Jan 2013 #6

Would that include Field and Stream? hootinholler Jan 2013 #9

reading a magazine Johonny Jan 2013 #50

DU is a gun nut ...anti and pro. Thanks for making it that way. n/t L0oniX Jan 2013 #7

+1 Go Vols Jan 2013 #17

People who spend 23 hours a day fantasizing about shooting people is some imaginary Turner Diaries Erose999 Jan 2013 #8

It has little to do with the number of guns or degree of contact with guns. Silent3 Jan 2013 #12

+1 phantom power Jan 2013 #31

Around here it means all of the above and then some to certain DUers. hobbit709 Jan 2013 #13

Pass. I don't use the term. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2013 #15

Agreed. HappyMe Jan 2013 #18

We'd be better off if you'd use derogatory words, but leave your guns at home. Hoyt Jan 2013 #41

Yes!! (nt) Control-Z Jan 2013 #43

People who say things like "I have more guns than I need but not as many as I want" Spider Jerusalem Jan 2013 #16

I always think of one of these snooper2 Jan 2013 #19

Anyone who really believes that having a gun around makes them safe. Chorophyll Jan 2013 #20

I take it as someone who continually post gun ops on DU. trumad Jan 2013 #21

People who enjoy all aspects of firearms. ileus Jan 2013 #23

The extremes on both side of this issue fascinate me Puzzledtraveller Jan 2013 #24

I Haven't Used That Term For Some Time, But..... Paladin Jan 2013 #25

The real Gun Nuts...have been purchasing guns for Children Tippy Jan 2013 #26

Any idiot whose first reaction to a shooting is: Zoeisright Jan 2013 #27

Is a lifetime member of the NRA HockeyMom Jan 2013 #28

Someone whose favorite Group is the Gungeon obamanut2012 Jan 2013 #29

A gun nut is gun owner who rants and rages such as Alex Jones and the like, no reality. Thinkingabout Jan 2013 #30

It's someone who thinks their right to own a gun takes precedence over others. n/t cynatnite Jan 2013 #33

Alex Jones, Larry Pratt and Wayne LaPierre are examples for me. neverforget Jan 2013 #34

They say and think things about guns upaloopa Jan 2013 #35

Weapon hoarders who are stockpiling guns and ammunition... jmg257 Jan 2013 #36

Anyone who obsesses about anything rrneck Jan 2013 #44

Dumb options alcibiades_mystery Jan 2013 #46

Probably hootinholler Jan 2013 #47

those who are not having an honest discussion on samsingh Jan 2013 #48

Does it even have to be asked? People who value their guns over everything else in life and Jennicut Jan 2013 #49

How about anyone that likens the "right" to own guns etherealtruth Jan 2013 #51