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Gun Control & RKBA

Hoyt

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25. Mom and dad both passed on long ago. I manage to walk down the streets without a gun.

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Thu Feb 23, 2012, 05:45 PM

Feb 2012

I'd suggest you try it, but wouldn't want you to go into shock.

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Time Magazine ran a photo essay called "Gun Culture U.S.A." [View all] spin Feb 2012 OP

It's bullshit tularetom Feb 2012 #1

Absolutely not... socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #2

I own 3 handguns and shotguns. But some gun shows are scary to me. Some crazy people there. Logical Feb 2012 #3

photographers going for dramatic effect . . . Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #4

It's exactly the same sort of yellow 'journalism' as the tripe showing the most salacious pictures o Fortran Feb 2012 #5

paint ballers, toy guns, reenactment, hunters...not gun culture. ileus Feb 2012 #6

I didn't see anything terrible about the pictures at all. Atypical Liberal Feb 2012 #7

Agreed. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #40

Very incomplete, as it almost completely ignored the vast middle ground. n/t PavePusher Feb 2012 #8

In my opinion, a few more pictures such as these... spin Feb 2012 #9

See the difference in feeling with these shots? socialindependocrat Feb 2012 #10

Thanks for your support. (n/t) spin Feb 2012 #13

I think they should have displayed more of this type stuff. Hoyt Feb 2012 #17

I agree, that presentation is very informative and well done. Fortran Feb 2012 #28

I agree it needs more diversity. n/t ellisonz Feb 2012 #11

No era veteran Feb 2012 #12

Pathetic misrepresentation. Remmah2 Feb 2012 #14

No, 16 pictures about "gun culture", MicaelS Feb 2012 #15

Really didn't get to crux of issue. And really needs more photos of yahoos packing in public. Hoyt Feb 2012 #16

Hey Hoyt... inre: yahoos packing in public. why don't you take your pictures of these people Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #19

I did, see post #17. There are plenty more just like that. Hoyt Feb 2012 #20

I never said such a thing as that. responsible gun owners are not fools and don't you think Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #21

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Mom and dad both passed on long ago. I manage to walk down the streets without a gun. Hoyt Feb 2012 #25

I do quite often. However my work takes me into some of the less savory parts of Houston. oneshooter Feb 2012 #26

The fact that you have never felt any need to carry a firearm... spin Feb 2012 #34

Oh lord, now you are defending Limbaugh, Beck, Coulter. What's next? Hoyt Feb 2012 #24

oh. bullshit and you know it ...sheesh Tuesday Afternoon Feb 2012 #29

"Time" should be embarassed for publishing that. ManiacJoe Feb 2012 #18

Yes they should. They need to show people carrying in public who have no business owning a gun. Hoyt Feb 2012 #23

Which people have no business owning a gun? I'm curious. Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #27

Loughner's a good example, as are those who are carry because they fear the poor. Hoyt Feb 2012 #30

How do you propose to keep people who carry because they fear the poor from owning guns? Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #31

I have never met a person who had a concealed carry permit... spin Feb 2012 #33

If you have a concealed carry permit... spin Feb 2012 #32

Hoyt, those boring pictures do not sell advertising space in magazines. ManiacJoe Feb 2012 #35

True. Those who covet guns like assault, tactical, etc., in magazines. Hoyt Feb 2012 #36

I rather covet this magazine... Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #37

I bet you do. Hoyt Feb 2012 #38

You'd win that bet....good for you! Johnny Rico Feb 2012 #39

Your bigotry knows no bounds. Callisto32 Feb 2012 #41