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Originally Posted by Kadath
If anyone actually believes that Kerry would be able to do anything to affect their right to own a gun, I am amazed. Look at the Republican Congress. Look how massively unpopular anti-gun laws are. I think people should be more concerned about the reproductive rights of women, the danger to the environment, the threat to their sons and daughters who go off to war, the ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor, and on and on and on. To vote based primarily on an archaic and Neaderthal desire to possess a weapon is pretty short-sighted.
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We've had some good discussions as of late, so I'll respond to this.
This "neaderthal(ic) desire" as you put it, is simply the desire to be responsible for one's own life, starting at the basic levels and moving up to one's government. Yes, I am upset with Bush on many levels, but some of the things he is erroding can be fixed, whereas erroding the right to own guns errodes our very means to ultimately overthrow a corrupt government.
I know you don't agree, but I
did want you to understand why many gun owners think that
your view point is the short-sighted one.