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In reply to the discussion: Lets not hurt ourselves - Gun Control [View all]Etraker
(59 posts)12. It's just a hobby.
I keep most of my guns in a safe. If my house caught on fire I would warn the fire fighters though the ammo is not much of a threat. I have a special rider for my guns on my insurance policy. I am also an avid football fan, I have multiple tv's, and an avid metal detector, I have multiple metal detectors, and multiple motorcycles, and video game consoles. None of my guns bother anyone. I am not a nut anymore than a stamp collector, coin collector, or antique collector. People who find something wrong with people just because they like to shoot or collect guns give liberals a bad name.
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I don't get it either. I really can't wrap my mind around this love and "fetishising" of guns.
smirkymonkey
Oct 2015
#76
Conceding for the sake of argument "one goal (of guns): to kill!", exlain the significance of this.
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#42
Remember... hours after the Oregon tragedy someone said "All gun owners are domestic terrorists."
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#37
Someone neglected to tell me we are in a time when it's not necessary to protect ourselves against
cherokeeprogressive
Oct 2015
#40
You're conflating the FBI's report on adolescent/teen who shoot people in schools with...
aikoaiko
Oct 2015
#32
Since you also use snarky comments, does that mean they must have hit a nerve for you?
uppityperson
Oct 2015
#47
no, we're sick of going to the market or theater or classroom and having to calculate how much our
MisterP
Oct 2015
#26
Respectfully, I think you are bundling your very real frustrstions with society...
Eleanors38
Oct 2015
#51