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Originally Posted by Lebell
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.
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I reject your inapt correction of Neanderthal; though I understand the desire to turn the word into an adjective, "neanderthalic" is not a word. I find it surreal that you consider things like permanent damage to the environment, the destruction of a woman's right to choose, and the deaths of thousands in a misguided war reversible, but not so for an assault weapons ban that has a built-in end date. We
have had some good discussions of late, so I apologize for the inflammatory nature of my initial post, but I believe gun enthusiasts allow themselves to become blinded by a single issue.