Reply #29: PMFJI but as a taxpayer I'm glad he takes care of his own varmints

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And the healthy meat you get from hunting can easliy be replaced with free range chicken, natural raised beef, and other healthier alternatives.

I'm happy to have him shoot all the deer he wants as long as he shares the meat with me.

Maybe if you spent your time lobbying for better food quality and more effective animal control, you could eliminate the "need" (yes, in quotes, I think it's more want) to own something that contributes to so much violence.

The Great Disconnect. Please explain how HIS hunting rifles or MY collection of old firearms locked up in a 1250 pound safe have any connection with violent crime.

It's all just a smokescreen. Some people just get off on being the big person with a gun.

I think if you came to my house and I showed you my collection you would not conclude that my motivation for owning them has anything to do with some kind of ego boost. The perceived anonymity of these forums makes it all too easy to dehumanize our fellow contributors, to paint them with a broad brush dipped in our simplistic assumptions about what's going on inside of their heads.