Reply #106: Yeah, I guess opinions are like.....

[op6203]

"Of course I've never shot an animal with a rifle. But that doesn't disqualify me from commenting on the subject."

LOL. My point was how can you know how difficult it is if you've never done it? Okay - giving birth is really not that bad - I've never done it, but that doesn't disqualify me from commenting on it. And no, I don't do it for a THRILL. Did you miss the part where I said I don't do it for "sport"? Yeah, I don't "need" venison, but I like it. I only shoot what I can eat (hope that sentence didn't make you puke up your hamburger).
I know it's your right to RANT, but I was expressing my opinion, just as you expressed yours. I didn't call you "crazy", "obsessed", "neurotic", or "redneck".
Where'd you get that I was "obsessed with weapons" anyway? You'd think I had gun posters on my walls, guns on my PC's wallpaper, can't go a day without talking about guns, etc. I'm sorry, but that's not me. So if I disagree with you, I'm obsessed?

"I don't like living in a country where personally owned handguns are responsible for more killings than all other factors combined"

More that motor vehicle accidents? I really don't know, but think that would be hard to beat.

And FWIW (not much), I am in one of those "authory" positions that you listed, and I still don't think "we" should be the only ones allowed to have firearms. "We" can't be everywhere all the time and the courts have ruled "we" have no obligation to protect you.

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