"America's Gun Culture Must Change"

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I was pleased to see that the entire first page of comments under his article scolded him and took him to task for his un-American writings. At least the author's reading public knows what's right even if he doesn't.
 
>I was pleased to see that the entire first page
> of comments under his article scolded him and
> took him to task for his un-American writings.
> At least the author's reading public knows
> what's right even if he doesn't.

Obviously, he's been targeted by the NRA. :)
Marty
 
Not even worrying about the content, the kid needs to learn to write. Doesn't seem to hold any sort of topic except America is bad.

Purely an opinion piece from a college junior.
 
seriously this guy is a moron
1. He implies that all gun owners want to do is kill women and children. That is the dumbest thing I've ever heard..ever. You know what are the only living things I shoot for fun, lemons(guess he might object to that if he is a vegan). Gun owners are gun owners not murderers.
2. His stupid quote idolizing the guy from man vs. wild as a non-guns kinda guy. Bear Grylls isn't some anti-gun/war guy, he was in the SAS!!
All his article did was make me mad and confused.
 
Not one single response in support of his position.

One post alleged that this was a sociolgy experiment. If so the kid did a great job of eliciting responses.
 
WOW!

Political Science AND Sociology DOUBLE MAJOR?! This one will definitely be a great addition to our society when he graduates.

Unfortunately, he will then have to pay his own bills, and deal with the real world outside of college life. Methinks he may have a rude awakening when he does. It will change his outlook like only reality can.
 
political science and sociology double major. There is one boy who is never going to leave academia for the real world. His arguments are so asinine that they are not even worth responding to. I am a college kid too and one of the things I have learned in my relatively short life is that if you are going to take a position you should have some idea of what the hell you're talking about.
 
This 'guy' a product of his insular environment. In that environment the lunatics run the asylums. It's all emotional hysterics based upon zero real world experience. At 21... I was breakin' things 'n killin' people in the National Interest. I've had no desire to repeat that... but I DO carry a sidearm for my own defense daily. I will use it if the situation demands. This is just another instance of the sheep confusing the sheepdogs with the wolves. Stupid sheep can't tell the difference. Baaaa!

I always figured if Lenin knew how to dance... the Soviet Union would never have happened.
 
my reply

Posted today:

I love my family, I love my country, I love my freedom, and yes, I love my guns. Since I also consider myself a "real American man" I am at a loss to respond to your characterization of me as a sports loving, beer swilling Neanderthal. I don't own a TV, flat screen or otherwise, and I prefer to get my news from reputable sources such as the Wall Street Journal. I enjoy an occasional glass of good red wine and classical music, and although I appreciate a good, preferably home-made beer, I haven't had one in years. I think I'll pass on basket-weaving, but I am learning to play the piano.

I saw the carnage (or what you call "massed destruction") resulting from the horrible terrorist attacks of six years ago, and I am revolted by your insinuation that it, or anything resembling it, was an enjoyable experience for me. Nothing makes this "real American man" happier than seeing my growing family enjoying simple domestic tranquility, knowing the rights guaranteed by our Constitution, including my right to keep and bear arms, are there to protect them from harm. Nothing makes me happier than knowing I have the tools and the ability to defend them.

Since it appears your characterization of "real Americans" is a product of your excessive exposure to television and its sickening obsession with violence, I humbly suggest you make an effort to interact with some "real Americans" in person. Perhaps you could visit the internet forum where I learned of your story. Perhaps you could visit a firearms range, and speak to the people you characterize as gun-wielding maniacs. You might even go to a gun show, where you will likely find the most polite, well-educated, affluent (guns aren't cheap!), nicest people you've ever met. The long-haired, tatooed redneck handling an evil-looking black assault rifle might just be me.

I too dream of a world without violence, a peaceful place where I wouldn't have to concern myself with threats presented by my fellow man. Unlike you, however, I am able to separate dreams from reality. In the real, non-dream world, bad people exist. Hitler existed. Stalin existed, Saddam Hussein, countless others who would probably agree with your advocacy of preventing private ownership of the firearms that would have checked their ascent into the powerful positions that enabled them to slaughter millions of their fellow men. In the real world, people exist who would like to deprive me of my red wine, my piano, my domestic tranquility, or my family, and history has shown this is the legacy of mankind. Yes, it's sad, but it's true. That's not dreamland. That's reality, and I live in the real world. You live in the academic world. If and when you leave the world of disheveled professors and 8 AM lectures, your nice orderly world of classes, exams, schedules, and GPAs, you will learn the difference.

I humbly suggest it is you who must change. It is shameful that as a student of higher education, it seems your mind is closed; your conclusions drawn. This story is the worst example of ignorance I have read in a long time. I certainly hope you don't represent the majority of UConn students.

In closing, though I believe your opinions to be narrow-minded, short-sighted, bigoted, ill-conceived, ill-informed, and frankly stupid, I would fight to the death for your right to express them. After all, this is America, land of the free, home of the brave. May it always be so.
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"I speak... of a world without firearms".

You know, we actually had that, at one time....

It was called the Dark Ages.
 
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