Priapus Wrote:
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> I was going to ask why gun owners are so afraid to
> be in the light, but I remembered if they weren't
> scared of everything they wouldn't have a gun. I
> can see the need for a gun if you live in a slum.
> Something to shoot with at the rats gnawing on
> your babies.
> I live in a nice neighborhood. I did my research
> before moving here. I realized someone may want to
> rob me (not assassinate). I got an alarm system. I
> figure the if someone wants to steal, the last
> thing he wants is a lot of noise and the cops
> showing up.
> I realize "to each, his own". If a gun makes you
> feel safe until the criminal gets your gun (which
> is how they get guns), more power to you.
> However, there is the first amendment before the
> second, in order of importance. The government
> can't stop your information from getting out, nor
> should it. Privacy is an illusion nowdays. Like
> conjoined twins, we think we have personal space,
> but it's how we cope in this digital age. if the
> newspapers didn't release the information, some
> anti-gun group would.
> I have no problems wih gun owners. What my
> neighbor does is of no interest to me. If shooting
> empty beer cans makes him a man, go for it.
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