Arkansas Paul
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Nope.
There are a lot of things in life that I have no control over, but the one thing I do is who I am friends with. It's not just the fact that they have differing views than me, I welcome that. It's the pure ignorance, bordering on stupidity that is encountered by rabid anti gun people that I couldn't deal with. The fact is, people with those viewpoints would turn me off to the point of not wanting to be around them long before the conversation turned to guns.
Don't get me wrong, I have friends who are not gun owners. They simply are not into them and don't want to own one. That's fine.
I have friends who are very liberal and do own guns, yet they would vote for stricter gun laws in a heartbeat. I don't agree with them, but we're fine with each other.
What I'm saying is that if I refuse to be friends with someone, it is because of a mindset and a overall view of things, not simply one issue.
There are a lot of things in life that I have no control over, but the one thing I do is who I am friends with. It's not just the fact that they have differing views than me, I welcome that. It's the pure ignorance, bordering on stupidity that is encountered by rabid anti gun people that I couldn't deal with. The fact is, people with those viewpoints would turn me off to the point of not wanting to be around them long before the conversation turned to guns.
Don't get me wrong, I have friends who are not gun owners. They simply are not into them and don't want to own one. That's fine.
I have friends who are very liberal and do own guns, yet they would vote for stricter gun laws in a heartbeat. I don't agree with them, but we're fine with each other.
What I'm saying is that if I refuse to be friends with someone, it is because of a mindset and a overall view of things, not simply one issue.