The SO needs a shoe closet.

He's a little non-specific about gun control.  His waning interest in guns needs an explanation but it was just stuff to him and as he said, symbolized nothing.  Exhibits no understanding about the history behind the 2nd.  I would say he trusts and voted for Obama.....twice.

MY FIRST EXACT THOUGHT

When I read "Kalashnikov style rifles"

What "gun Nut" doesn't call them an AK?

1.  It's bullshit
2.  It's bullshit
3.  Author would rather have cock in his mouth than beef jerky

Yea I think it's a false story.

Someone needs to question his firearm ownership, what model what caliber etc. I bet it's proven his only knowledge of guns is what any kid has learned from tv or call of duty.

Chris Lane ?

fake

This person's idea of a personal armory is probably 3 guns and 500 rounds of ammo.

He's a fuckin journalist mobey. A gun enthusiast was he?! Lol, no he wasn't.

Well I'm sure that him having grown up around guns and owning such a huge collection that he surely would have no problems producing pictures of either his collection or him posing with guns from years ago.  I cant think of anyone who grew up around guns that doesnt have any pictures of them holding or shooting them as a youngster.

ok.

poorly written article that really does not so what the title says. He never really mentioed what it was about these three reasons that made him change.


Meh BS article.

I give it 87 Fs

 Hell, eesmith is transitioning and he/she would rip this beta boy a new one.

I actually read the article.  I thought that was a pic of him holding the rifle.  

BTW:  this is the quality of article you get from the Houston Press.  It's a bunch of hipsters catering to other hipsters.

There's no middle ground on guns any more. You're either for them, or you're against them. Being against them means you're on the slope to total gun confiscation and disarmament.

This is part of a larger polarization of this country into opposiing "tribes."

The author of the article either doesn't get this, or he does -- perfectly well -- and has chosen to be part of the other "tribe."

Well, bless his heart.....

I bet he is very feminine and licks dicks in and around his mouth. What a dirty poo pusher the author is.

Dumbass

The author should post pictures of his large collection.

propaganda machine hard at work...................

Texans promised me that this faggotry couldn't happen in Texas.

Sean Penn?

What in the blue fuck does being gay or whatever have to do with supporting 2A? I have gay friends that are totally into guns and are staunch 2A supporters so my kindler, gentler suggestion is to knock it the fuck off with the gay baiting language.

We need ALL gun owners in our corner, period.

The person that wrote that article (I'd say 'guy', but it's not obvious whether or not the author even was male) was a "gun nut" like I'm a rich and famous fashion designer.  Main point in contrast would be, 'he' probably likes dicks, a whole lot, and I... well, the only dick I'm fond of is my own.

Even Sigmund Freud thinks the author is gay and dreams about "mens"

That's what it always is. They're trying to provide authority or expertise to make their opinion matter, first thing you learn in communications 101, which was the only communications class I ever took. That's why you always hear the anti-gunner say, "I own a gun", "I hunt", "I used to target shoot with my dad", it's just moved on to, "I was a gun nut".

They weren't any of those things, ever. "I'm an expert and authority on this, so you should listen to me". Bull shit, gtfo, didn't work.

Typical Texas Gun owner





























Just fuckin' with you guys ... continue.

Pretty much.  Dude from TX too.  I could get it if he was from IL.

Or an actual hoplophile who suffered neurological trauma.


So did my wife, so I rented a climate controlled storage room, got a job box and diversified my stuff. We've had two tornadoes come thru here in the last few years, now maybe I won't be wiped out.

And the next time my son in law comes up to shoot I gonna take him by and pick up some ammo.

The should be priceless.

FIFY

I'm keeping a hard copy. Can't get any clearer than this.

That article was written by someone with some serious mental problems.

C) He's totally full of shit.

I initially thought he was a 90s kid who played Call Of Duty and bought a few guns because he thought they would be cool based on his video game experiences. I read the article and I concluded that he's just a liar.

Really?


Did we watch the same movies? The ones I remember had people who used weapons to force others to bend to their will. These people were the bad guys. They were ultimately confronted by people who used weapons to make the bad guys stop. These people were the good guys. Considered as a "symbol of masculinity," it isn't. Triumph over superior forces is the symbol of masculinity. Perhaps Mr. Lane never saw Braveheart or The Highlander or The Lord Of The Rings, but I think he's just lying.


Of course, the gay, black, Obama supporter is a creep and the white guy is a racist monster.

Hell, that was the case at the time, too.  The "wild west" is a myth created by people like Ned Buntline as a setting for their shitty adventure novels and perpetuated by Hollywood.



And somebody should tell this guy that they had gun control back then, too.  It didn't work any better back then, either.  I'm surprised it's not more well known, since one of Wild Bill Hickok's most famous incidents was accidentally killing his own deputy while trying to enforce a gun control ordinance.



 

I have two thoughts, from a gun owner that just doesn't give a fuck anymore.

1).  I don't care who I scare or offend when exercising my rights.  You get scared when I walk down the street with a gun?  That's your problem.  People have been offended and scared for years for a number of reasons.  Gays marching down the street, black's organizing and protesting, etc.  Some people were disgusted and offended by these things, but society said "get over it" and those people had to toughen up.  You're disgusted by me carrying a rifle down the street?  Here's a righteous "Fuck you."

2).  I also don't care about the bodies in the streets argument.  You know what?  Freedom has a price.  We try to mitigate it as best we can, but no one ever said that you're completely risk-free of injury or death when you're in public.  It hurts to see so many die, but we don't give up rights because they do.  Freedom of speech and freedom of religion has killed millions, maybe billions more people in the past (not just in the US obviously) than any gun right ever has.  And we don't ban those things.  And when we do restrict them, they're subject to strict scrutiny analysis.  

Most importantly, none of those rights expressly states "shall not be infringed."  So really, I don't really care about all the deaths.  I sympathize, but I don't really care.  Rights for the masses are sacred; individual lives don't trump them IMO.  If you want true freedom, that comes with a price.  And considering the statistics about firearm deaths are skewed by suicides (which frankly, I again don't give a damn about...if you want to take your own life, so be it), I dismiss arguments based on them as well.




In summary, fuck you.  I don't care if you're offended, collective rights of the masses trump individual lives, and you had better come up with better talking points to get us to the table.  Ie, start by giving us stuff back, like national CCP reciprocity.

Fairy tale. The BS starts with "Once upon a time". Total fiction.

As a poster already pointed out, #3 is the essence of the whole thing.

"We're not really that free anyway. So what's the big deal about giving up more freedom?"


Mental weakling.

The reason behind this is if the person you start lecturing as if they were a child decides to disagree with you, you can then say, "well, I suppose they just were too uneducated" and not have to trifle with such concepts as you possibly being full of shit.

People willingly submit to rules and limits on their personal freedom in countless ways;

Willingly? Has to be a Transmother for Gun Control.

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Best response from the replies that I've read so far:

Joseph Smith · Denver, Colorado

Author isn't black. His life doesn't matter.

He just hasn't figured that out yet... Let's all make a pledge to let Chris defend himself should the time come.