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Robb

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7. Interestingly, I was listening to a guy on NPR this morning

Reply to fitman (Reply #6)

Tue Oct 1, 2013, 06:33 PM

Oct 2013

...describing how the "mirror neurons" in our brains that are activated not just when we do something, but also when we watch someone else do something. I wonder whether some are simply trying to recapture the sense of victory they felt watching some movie or other.

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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