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Originally Posted by filtherton
I think that a lot of people find the 2nd amendment appealing because owning a gun allows them some respite from feeling helpless. It doesn't necessarily make them any less helpless, but it's useful at providing the illusion of power.
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Didn't you hear? Guns... they're magical safety badges!
Much in the way having a cell phone will save you when you're mugged because you can call the cops. Much in the way that we'll always have plenty of food in grocery stores as long as you have a credit card. Much in the way that traveling to work is possible as long as you have a car, gasoline, and insurance.
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I concur. We're all helpless.
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Originally Posted by dc_dux
I'm still waiting for the school "anti-gun agenda" that is poisoning the minds of America's youth against of gun ownership.
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Oh, I'd say that would be the media. Remember, according to your local nightly news: AK-47s eat children who stay up late and Glocks will instantly kneecap you if you don't wash behind your ears, cheat on your wife, or forget to pay the mortgage.
As you educated types know, the media is all about scaring us. First it was people with dark skin, then it was people who might be commies... throw in some of those job-stealing south-of-the-border terrorists... include how your minivan will explode and decapitate your toddler... and make sure to capitalize on the tools that moronic humans use to commit crimes.
GUNS: They're like cold steel zombies, but more dangerous. Single-minded sentient murder machines! They'll sodomize your siblings! Film at 11.
Turns out I'm a stereotypical college student right this minute and lemme tell ya... I believe that the anti-gun thing stems from the fear-mongering Mediazilla and rich whitebread yuppie types (such as college kid parents) who equate firearms with manual labor tools like shovels and pitchforks: things their fancy-pants kids should never touch. Perhaps it is because only heathens own guns... and because guns, like manual labor, can kill people.
Then again, my major promotes the use of responsible firearm ownership. I may be biased like everyone else in this thread.
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Gun control is a lousy way to get at the real cause of crime. Hell, that's kinda like taking the penises away from every kid born in 2003 because one of them still wets the bed.