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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
It's seem odd to me you'd use a racial analogy as an example for fear of guns.
I guess the problem I'm having is we have societal norms and community norms. If I were walking in rural Oregon along a hiking trail I'd think nothing of seeing someone carrying a side arm. If I were at a concert in downtown Portland Oregon seeing someone with a side arm would give me pause. Seeing a person of another race in either situation wouldn't cause me a second thought.
I'm also not so sure people fear guns. I think some people fear people with guns.
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My use of a racial analogy is spot in, IMO. A gun is an inanimate object that doesn't do anything unless a person acts with it. A person is a person be they black, white, red, or yellow and only that particular person (no matter the color) dictates how people treat them simply by their own actions and demeanor. Nothing more, Nothing less.
To better answer your own questions, please explain why in the hiking trail scenario, a person wearing a sidearm means nothing but the same person, wearing the same sidearm, doing nothing more than standing and listening to music gives you pause?