Posted: 6/3/2007 11:28:32 AM EDT
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There have been a rash of "reporter buying a gun" for a story articles over the past few years. There is almost always one common thread in each story. 
Even the most rabid anti-gunner cannot deny these feelings. So why do they not give into them? Why not just become a gun owner? They remind me of hardcore religious folks who go on and on about the dangers and evil of sex, yet if they were confronted by a beautiful women who wanted it, they would forget all of their rhetoric. The analogy could be better, but I hope that my point is understood. What do you think? |
you know i read what you wrote, then i looked at your avatar... 
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i just take revenge on cameras.
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You mean you get those feelings? Anyone who feels like that when buying a gun needs to seriously examine their motives. A gun is not about revenge or respect - revenge like that is illegal and if someone needs a gun to get respect then they aren't worthy of respect in the first place. |
When I rarely went shooting/got my first gun I got a little rush when I picked one up. Now that I have multiple guns, shoot weekly, and CCW, I no longer get the little rush I used to. |
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Sounds like a lot of city folk rhetoric, which is exactly what fuels anti gunners. I freely admit I am often torn when seeing such people in a gun store. HWile on one hand I stand concrete on my belief in the Second Amendment, and on the other I see people who shouldnt be trusted with a steak knife or automobile.  |
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That discription of buying and possessing a gun is disturbing. Makes me think of someone discribing some kind of fetish. I never felt any sense of empowerment or had any fantasies about being armed, i feel a strong sense of responcibility. Maybe that is because guns have been a part of my life ever since i can remember, and my knowledge, understanding, and ideas about them don`t come from hollywood. |
It's a phallic symbol. To some people a gun is a source of misguided empowerment, ie I have gun and it can kill. True, but the same can said of a motor vehicle. Today someone plowed through a crowd of people Car Plows Into D.C. Festival; 35 Injured or passenger airliner a la 9-11-01 WTC/Pentagon Attack. I am sure these new gun owners don't get wood when they ride in a personal motor vehicle or on an airliner. |