Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: THIS is the NRA....... [View all]beevul
(12,194 posts)I can see how you draw your conclusions, though none of them are accurate.
"Honestly, the gun nut culture is cult like in their worship of their totems."
I can certainly see how you'd draw that conclusion, for example. How you fail in drawing it, however, is this:
"Gun nut culture". You have completely misidentified us. "Gun nut culture", is made up of LOTS of different people from all over the spectrum. Carriers and non-carriers. Target shooters, enthusiasts, collectors, and even people like me who haven't bought a gun in ten-ish years or more.
Yes, within that group there are likely some who "worship" guns, however, they'd be a small minority. What we all have in common, is resisting efforts to curtainl gun rights to a ridiculous degree, AND resisting resisting the ideology that goes hand in hand with such things.
I'd dare say, that what you mistake for "worship", is something you extrapolate from how much resistance you meet.
And thats where you err.
"Might does not make right and you well know that there is a lot of opposition to the gun nut culture, so basically: whatever"
Without a doubt. I think you said more than you realize, or probably wanted to. Of course, anti-gun ideologues oppose "the gun culture". It is what stands in the way of them getting what they want. The "assault weapon ban, for example, had nothing to do with the actual weapons, and everything to do with attacking the "gun culture".
As far as "might not making right"...
You infer that the anti-gun cause is right...
Well, I dont see any "right makes might, going on with that, either.
Just three moms and a pizza, a few foundations, and a few 1%ers and their sycophants.