Topgun
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I would post this in "General" where the subject is sticky, but it would be MOVED to here so I'll start here to begin with.
We are such easy targets. We even think we're "cool" to call a firearm a "weapon."
Can anything be more stupid than to refer to a firearm (which we KNOW is under attack by those who would disarm us) as a .....WEAPON?
Sure, we KNOW that it's proper and correct, but we ALSO know that EVERY POSSIBLE effort is being made to portray gun owners as .."violent."
And "weapon" is violent. No debate. A weapon protects or attacks.
Personally, I would like to see anyone who refers to a firearm as a "weapon" asked to leave any ranges.
Until we become POLITICALLY SMART, we will watch as we lose more and more of our RIGHT to keep and bear ARMS.
And the word "weapon" is not smart.
"Blade" magazine recently reported an incident of a man who got reamed for using a knife simply because he told the police that he had it for "protection." The court held that his statement of its being used for "protection" justified a "concealed WEAPON" charge whereas if he had simply been savvy enough to say he carried it for cutting things would have stopped the WEAPONS charge dead in its tracks.
I know this is beating a dead horse, but seeing a sticky thread on "civility" while VERY much warranted from my experience, made me think of seeing if there was a shred of political awareness glimmering in the muck that was capable of SEEING how the ....word...."weapon" harms our interests.
I doubt it but will always hope so.
Prove me wrong. Explain the advantages of convincing the public that what we own are WEAPONS.
We are such easy targets. We even think we're "cool" to call a firearm a "weapon."
Can anything be more stupid than to refer to a firearm (which we KNOW is under attack by those who would disarm us) as a .....WEAPON?
Sure, we KNOW that it's proper and correct, but we ALSO know that EVERY POSSIBLE effort is being made to portray gun owners as .."violent."
And "weapon" is violent. No debate. A weapon protects or attacks.
Personally, I would like to see anyone who refers to a firearm as a "weapon" asked to leave any ranges.
Until we become POLITICALLY SMART, we will watch as we lose more and more of our RIGHT to keep and bear ARMS.
And the word "weapon" is not smart.
"Blade" magazine recently reported an incident of a man who got reamed for using a knife simply because he told the police that he had it for "protection." The court held that his statement of its being used for "protection" justified a "concealed WEAPON" charge whereas if he had simply been savvy enough to say he carried it for cutting things would have stopped the WEAPONS charge dead in its tracks.
I know this is beating a dead horse, but seeing a sticky thread on "civility" while VERY much warranted from my experience, made me think of seeing if there was a shred of political awareness glimmering in the muck that was capable of SEEING how the ....word...."weapon" harms our interests.
I doubt it but will always hope so.
Prove me wrong. Explain the advantages of convincing the public that what we own are WEAPONS.