Reply #49: Very true!

[ieoeja]

I (country) was horrified when I learned my ex-wife (city) was letting her son (then 9) walk by himself to school. While she was horrified when she learned I let him drive a lawn mower that following summer.

Country and city have their different comfort zones based on their own experiences growing up.

Of course, there *is* more to it than that. For instance, I never met a Black man who didn't wish he could own and use a firearm legally within the city.

TEST: what did you just honestly feel when you read that? Did it scare you? Or did you even just think up a joke about black men carrying guns? Don't post your answer to those questions, just honestly explore your own feelings a moment.

Even if YOU read that without thinking anything, you know how a lot of people, even most pro-gunners, would feel. And THAT is why, despite their desire to "take back the streets", city black men consistently vote for the anti-gun candidate. When a white man uses a gun in self-defense, he is immediately heralded as a hero. When a black man uses a gun in self-defense, noone believes him and assumes it was some drug deal or whatever gone bad. And that's assuming the police don't shoot him as soon as they see him with a gun.