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fitman

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6. You said it...

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #3)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 06:12 PM

Oct 2013

My wife and I see a guy on our bike trail..he is always carrying a handgun on his belt..we live in the most crime free area and the biggest crime on our local bike trail is someone not picking up their dog's poo poo.

I have met many of these guys and the paranoia is staggering. Another guy we know of has a handgun in every room of his house because he said he never knows what room he will be in if his house has a home invasion

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"America roamed by angry white dudes for whom firearms are a prop for lost power" [View all] Robb Oct 2013 OP

Yep. There are millions of U.S. men who try to cover their deep-seated insecurities Arugula Latte Oct 2013 #1

American men today buy guns like Weimar men bought into Nazi ideology, for largely the same reasons: leveymg Oct 2013 #2

Yup, this is exactly it... The fear and insecurity among the most ardent gunners is breath-taking... hlthe2b Oct 2013 #3

You said it... fitman Oct 2013 #6

Interestingly, I was listening to a guy on NPR this morning Robb Oct 2013 #7

I was not referring to all gun owners fitman Oct 2013 #8

A black man in the White House hasn't helped their paranoia and sense of victimhood. nt msanthrope Oct 2013 #4

That's for sure. nt Robb Oct 2013 #5