[mgjim]

I come from a place where gun ownership is fairly high and gun violence is fairly low. There, it isn't an argument between liberals and conservatives; most everyone affirms the right to own guns, either for sport, for protection, or both. The difference, as I see it, is that many of my liberal friends just see gun ownership is a basic right where my conservative friends see gun ownership as a protective issue. I'm not sure how many of them own guns purely for personal protection since most of my liberal friends live in urban areas where crime is high most of my conservative friends live in suburban or rural areas where crime is low. Go figure.

I guess I didn't add anything to this discussion but I thought it was important to note that gun ownership isn't just a political issue.