Police: Body found at US park is that of gunman

[billh58]

109. Yes, you are

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reading more into my comments than was intended, but then again I left myself open to that interpretation.

Based on your response, I would consider your position as a very vocal moderate in that you are not calling for a total prohibition of all guns. My position is very similar to yours, and my only real objection to the entire RKBA controversy applies to the "B" part: where and when is it reasonable for the public carry of guns? To my mind, the "K" part -- as in keeping a gun in the home, or a private venue (business) -- is perfectly acceptable, and is a personal choice.

My remarks concerning the "extreme ends of the spectrum" were mainly directed at those who are so convinced that theirs is the only valid point-of-view, that they resort to personal attacks and name-calling in order to "prove" their point.

My observation is that the vast majority of Americans neither own guns, nor feel a need to arm themselves in public. That fact does not make a valid argument for, or against, gun ownership, or the public carry of guns -- it just is. I believe that the pro-RKBA lobby has a ways to go before the general public in many parts of the country will be comfortable with the widespread public carry of guns. I realize that some pro-gun advocates will answer with, "fuck 'em if they don't like it, because it is my constitutional right" and the nastiness continues.

As far as the contention of "a pox on both of their houses," that was not what I intended to convey at all. I am merely pointing out that a calm, reasoned discussion on this forum is the exception rather than the rule, and that a distinct lack of civility is the most likely cause of the limited number of posters who dominate the forum on a daily basis.