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(17,493 posts)I asked him, "How did find the experience."
He surprised me when he said, "I was really amazed at how all the other white shooters welcomed me."
While I'm sure that many white racists own firearms, I mainly know gun owners who are regular shooters at the gun ranges I belonged to. At these ranges we welcomed everybody into our shooting fraternity. Range members would give free advice on how to improve their shooting skills if asked and it didn't matter if they were black, Hispanic or Oriental. We also had a number of gay shooters who visited our ranges.
Perhaps because so much hatred is shown toward gun owners by some liberals and the main stream media, we have some understanding of discrimination. We are commonly insulted in ways which are simply amazing by people who try their best to always be "politically correct" at all times. We are often called stupid rednecks, illiterate fools, KKK members, Teabaggers, cold blooded killers looking for a chance to blow someone way, and on and on. It's great fun for many to suggest that we all have small penises and own firearms to make up for our deficiency. (I do realize that I don't get the same level of discrimination as many members of the minority communities do daily. Most people I encounter do not realize that I am a gun owner or that I am carrying a firearm.)
Recently an owner of an establishment in South Carolina posted a no guns sign on his door with this text:
NO CONCEALED WEAPONS ALLOWED. If you are such a loser that you feel a need to carry a gun with you when you go out, I do not want your business. Douchebag.
I guess it is simply human nature to feel superior to those who are not like you. It is no longer acceptable in our society to express such feelings toward blacks, Hispanics or Orientals which in my opinion is a major improvement. It is also no longer acceptable to insult those who are mentally challenged, clinically obese or have serious mental problems.
About all that's left for a politically correct person to insult is white males and especially those white males who own or legally carry firearms.
Therefore I qualify as fair game. That's fine. I have broad shoulders and I just laugh at all the insults I get because I am a white male and I own and carry firearms. Still it does help to make me aware of how discrimination is unfair and foolish. Therefore I do my best to be fair to all and to always do my best to be polite.
But if it makes you feel better or superior to insult me or those like me, go for it. I will just feel sorry for you. However if you do decide to insult me, please try to come up with something original. I am growing tired of the same old tired insults I keep getting. I need something new to laugh at. I always complement those who do come up with a new insult.