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Originally Posted by CRedskinsRule
I am really curious. I obviously don't know your background, so I just wonder where your sense of gun danger comes from.
Have you ever fired a gun, or had any safety courses regarding them?
Were you or someone close to you involved in a gun tragedy?
Or is your stance based primarily on stats and anecdotal stories?
Is there ever any moment that you could conceive the need to protect yourself with a gun?
For my part, as someone who was in the military, and grew up knowing that there were guns in the house, but also knowing that they were not toys and were dangerous tools, my sense of gun safety, and gun rights, really stems from knowing that they can be, and should be, tools used in self defense. I am not a hunter, though I understand why guns are used, in terms of hunting I tend to believe only enough for what you will eat, I don't get shooting animals for sport. Finally, although I am thankful for the country we live in, I do believe that gun rights serve as a reminder of what one of the reasons our country was forged, and shouldn't be given up to a government that increasingly moves away from protecting the rights enshrined in the 1st 10 amendments.
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CRedskinsRule , doesn't matter .I read what you wrote and from what you have stated you have been "around guns" all your life ,even in the military so you, to an extent have already been pre conditioned to believe gun ownership is a necessity regardless of how safe a society or environment you live in .Believe what you want I have many friends who are hunters here is So. MD and we talk about guns a lot, many like you are former military . yet unlike you and some of the more militant "pro" gunners around here don't have the attitude that more rules or gun laws will hurt ,the more safety the better is what they say .Now the thing is most don't have hand guns or assault rifles ,different hunting rifles ,yes , shot gun .yes but they haven't run out an bought up 4000 rounds of ammo to hunt a deer with in the fall.