Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: What's the big deal with drama in this group? [View all]NewMoonTherian
(883 posts)But if any of them had intended to shoot someone coming across the border, they had plenty of opportunities. Yet the only shooting I ever heard of them doing was with a camera.
I never said everyone who likes guns is a fine citizen. There are some real freaks and dangerous monsters who do. As for the surge in firearms sales after Obama's election, yes, almost all of the people buying them were perfectly normal, trustworthy, law-abiding citizens who haven't done anything dangerous with those guns since buying them. The NRA is an organization with a great history, whose leadership is sadly radically right-wing, and an organization that does great work as well as terrible work.
I don't know what kinds of ideas the vast majority of pro-gunners have. I know the ideas the pro-gunners here on DU have, and the ideas of those I know personally. I agree with some and disagree with others. You haven't presented anything that compels me that my friends, peers and the majority of the United States population are not trustworthy to carry firearms, pretty much wherever and whenever they choose. You've shown me lots of pictures of overweight white men with combat gear and guns. I know you're trying to express your disdain for this type of person, but I don't share it, so it really isn't effective.