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Originally Posted by MrFlorida
I can't believe how many posters would rather be a victim than defend themselves.
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It is like any other hot-button issue, I suppose. Emotion gets in the way of reason.
Funny how it can manifest itself. My wife threw a surprise birthday party for me about a year before retirement. People attending ran the gamut: A British couple, my son, some co-workers, a couple of tennis-playing buddies, the director of the local mental health facility, etc. One of the gifts I got was from my son: a Browning B-92 lever action carbine in .357 Magnum, still in the original box and in mint condition! They were collectors' items even then and I verified that mine was manufactured in 1982, the first year they made them in that caliber. After unwrapping it I cleared it and handed it around so people could see it close-up. When it got to the mental health facility director she handled it as if it were red hot, with an expression on her face that was frozen in a grimace! However when Will (the Brit guy) got it he threw it up to his shoulder and cycled the action several times.
Guns are a hot-button issue clouded by emotion. If we're taught to fear them, no amount of information or reason will allay that fear.