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In reply to the discussion: Its time for Democrats to drop the gun control platform [View all]hunter
(38,459 posts)Whine, whine, whine...
Gun fetishes are a very strange thing.
There's no serious political movement that's a threat to the average hunter, or anyone else who uses and safely keeps a gun or two for utilitarian purposes like hunting. Meat obtained by hunting with the proper permits is probably more ethical than most factory farm meat in the grocery store.
People get weird however when they start to accumulate guns and ammunition as a security blanket, keeping guns as fetish items that will magically keep away invading North Koreans and scary mass media stereotype rapists.
We could ban the manufacturer and importation of all guns tonight and there still would be no shortages of guns in the U.S.A. for a century. Guns are not like alcohol, they're not all gone after one shot. The majority of people wouldn't even notice the passing of the industry.
People are rightly concerned about the "gun culture" itself, all of it -- cops, gangsters, guns and ammo enthusiasts -- the most dangerous killers are the unhinged among those groups. Ordinary people don't need guns to feel safe or in control.