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To Dostoevsky: I am totally fine with the fact that I'm probably not reaching anyone. I realize that I am basically preaching anti-guns on a gun forum, so I am not looking for minds to be changed. To be totally honest, I'm trying to understand. I admit that my mind was mostly made up before I started, but I am always looking to understand peoples thought processes and how they reach such different conclusions than I do.
I consider this to be a good way to spend my time and I enjoy talking to people who have completly different outlooks on topics and such. I am starting to understand a great deal about people that, just a few days ago, I had nothing in common with.
While I don't think I belong to a different species than you, I do have a background and beliefs that are in stark contrast to yours. I NEVER meant to frustrate anyone. Actually, I want to share the enjoyment I get from discussions just like these. I think it's okay to question others beliefs, just as you should qustion your own. As long as you never force your beliefs on others, discussion can be constructive.
Though I still consider myself to be very much anti-gun, I have more respect for those who are pro-gun (I realize that anti-gun and pro-gun are not case specific names for some of the people who posted, but it's specific enough to label both general sides).
Getting back to the original question of the threat in pertaining to your question, I think guns are okay if you are completly responsible and there is no way your gun can be taken or given to those who would use it to harm others.
I personally will not own a gun, unless of course something catastrophic happens like another civil war. I HAVE seen several constitutional rights taken away recently, several by the poorly named Patriot Act. If civil war does brake out, I would only kill in self defence. What I'm getting from the responses suggests that most of you guys are on the same wavelength as I am as far as self defence. You just have a slightly different acceptance ruler as far as when it is okay to actually own a gun.
I hope that you can relate to me on some level. I was a bit dissapointed when you took what I said and considered me alienated to people like you. We are probably very similar in many respects. We may like the same music, we may both be of the same religion, or we may both be into the same fight to remain a free nation. I consider all of these to be much more important than opinnions on gun laws.
Well thanks for responding honestly. I hope I helped you to understand both my state of mind and my reasoning.
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