I moved to the U.S. for college about 12 yrs ago from Canada (and stayed!) but still visit there often. The restrictive gun laws they had back then have worsened exponentially since I left(banning most firearms, national registration of ALL firearms, etc). The general attitude towards guns is that they are only for hunting, and there are plenty of PETA people that fight that as well. Reading the thread in the above link reminded me of many discussions/arguments I've had with Canadians. Most simply don't get it. They can't understand why it is important for the people to be armed against a potential tyranical government. It's not as though there aren't abundant examples out there, the most recent one being Iraq. I haven't been called a 'whack job', but I was called paranoid, an extremist, a gun nut, etc.
I didn't NEED an EA or a Colt, and I don't NEED a Bushy, but I'm going to fuckin' get one because I WANT one.
The guy 'Nolf' is probably a 17 year-old brat who has mommy pack a lunch for him and daddy gives him a weekly allowance, so he hasn't learned anything yet about how things really work. I wish him all the luck in the world, because he's gonna NEED it.