aceventura3

I gave a very concrete example of a set of people who lived in fear during the Jim Crow era of the real possibility of being abducted from their homes at night and hung from a tree often in the presence of elected government officials and law enforcement officials. Gun ownership became very important to these men as a means to protect life and property. In 2011 their fears prompting their desires for having guns may in fact be irrational in 2011 - but I am not to judge. However, I understand their fear when it is explained to me but I do not understand fearing the health effects of junk food.

A comparison of junk food and guns was never the key point, the key point was that regardless of ideology, all people have fears that could be considered irrational or responses to fears that can be considered irrational. I further suggest that ideology has an impact on how another views the fears or responses of another. So, to me it is easy to go down a long list of fears held by liberals that I think are completely irrational - but I have learned to pause and try to get a better understanding. I don't think you have done that on the issues involving gun ownership.

I have never read the text of the actual ordinance. Some sources call it a handgun ban some call it a gun ban. The technical differences between a handgun and other types of firearms can get blurry pretty fast, I would assume the ordinance includes its own specific definition.

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