Hoplophile
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There was a vegan picnic the other day, held to encourage the formation of a Peace Studies department at my college. I tell you, they were hardcore hippies. Dreadlocks, long hair, I'm sure a lot of patchouli oil, big peace signs and anti-Bush stickers everywhere. They wanted money to put a "peace pole" on campus.
Needless to say, my first thought: "Probably anti-gun."
I ended up talking to the head honcho of the whole ordeal, and basically asked him what peace really even was, and how we'd achieve "peace in the community". We talked, he actually didn't seem to have thought it out. He had no clear plan to achieve "peace", didn't know what "peace" really was (so couldn't tell me), and all I got from it was that peace involves harmony or something.
I thought, "Hm. Easy target!", and broached the topic of RKBA. I asked, "Well, what about people in the community who do things like, keep guns and stuff?", I said, trying to pretend to be an anti.
"Oh. I'm all for it. I own a few, do you shoot? I'm very pro-right to keep and bear arms.", he replied. He went on to assure me that he would take steps to ensure that Peace Studies did not turn into some anti-gun platform. He's for CCW and against another AWB.
Well, damn. Turns out, most of the people there were pro-gun...pro-environment...pro-gay-marriage...pro-choice, etc. And I don't mean pro-duck-gun. I mean pro-WASR-10 and stuff.
I felt really dumb and prejudiced. And honestly, I felt sort of proud. These are young folks, like myself. Everyone has their own beliefs, but at least some people are listening to the whistle in the wind and realizing that firearms are a vanguard of peace, rather than a cause of violence.
Has anyone else seen a sort of weird pro-gun slant from the hippies around your area?
Needless to say, my first thought: "Probably anti-gun."
I ended up talking to the head honcho of the whole ordeal, and basically asked him what peace really even was, and how we'd achieve "peace in the community". We talked, he actually didn't seem to have thought it out. He had no clear plan to achieve "peace", didn't know what "peace" really was (so couldn't tell me), and all I got from it was that peace involves harmony or something.
I thought, "Hm. Easy target!", and broached the topic of RKBA. I asked, "Well, what about people in the community who do things like, keep guns and stuff?", I said, trying to pretend to be an anti.
"Oh. I'm all for it. I own a few, do you shoot? I'm very pro-right to keep and bear arms.", he replied. He went on to assure me that he would take steps to ensure that Peace Studies did not turn into some anti-gun platform. He's for CCW and against another AWB.
Well, damn. Turns out, most of the people there were pro-gun...pro-environment...pro-gay-marriage...pro-choice, etc. And I don't mean pro-duck-gun. I mean pro-WASR-10 and stuff.
I felt really dumb and prejudiced. And honestly, I felt sort of proud. These are young folks, like myself. Everyone has their own beliefs, but at least some people are listening to the whistle in the wind and realizing that firearms are a vanguard of peace, rather than a cause of violence.
Has anyone else seen a sort of weird pro-gun slant from the hippies around your area?