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i should add that i do not have a consistent position on gun control matters---i have come to understand that much of my position comes from my background and intuitions based on that, and i havent done the research to get beyond that....so iam agnostic on the matter.
besides, i thought this was the thrust of the thread--i was writing to confirm that so far as i can figure out, there is a direct correlation past experience/background--positions on/about guns.
so i wrote before from my unease about guns in a city.
i did not pretend to have a comprehensive mystical intuition about why everyone who carries one might carry one.
what i will say is that i would feel alot safer in the city where i live if i knew that there were few-to-no guns.
but then again, if i was neurotic about the matter of safety, i would not every day ride my bicycle in the city--given how i lead my life, i have a much better chance of getting hit by some fuckwit in a car than being hurt by a gun. as for drivers versus cyclists...totally off topic i know.....but dont get me started..........
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
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