Reply #174: Urban vs. Rural. Another split of the rich.

[Sirveri]

That's all this arguement really boils down into. Urbanites see all the problems of guns, Ruralites see all the fun and recreational value of guns. What we need is a candidate who has the balls to say what they REALLY feel about guns, and what their plans are for them if any. Having Kennedy or Gore at a shooting range with a Glock 17 or an AR-15 or doing target shooting with marines with a M-16 or M-4 doesn't make sense. Because most people consider them to be pro-gun control. But I think if they explain their position and where they are comming from a lot of people would happily listen and take their opinion seriously.

But since the media just does what it can for ratings, their speach would quickly get taken out of context and skewed to either make them look like liars or in favor of draconian gun control laws.

As for outlawing things, more people are killed by drunk driving than by guns, why not outlaw alcohol and see how well that goes over. Then we can watch as all the 95+% responsible users get PISSED because some jerkoff just caused a knee jerk reaction to infringe upon their rights.