I am a gun enthusiast. You'll find me drawing pictures of them in my spare time, and I stop by the magazine section of my grocery shop and glance through the gun magazines. However, though I have been known to swat at a fly or two from time to time, the idea of shooting another human, or even an animal, holds no appeal to me at all. Although I lock my car doors at night, I do not keep a loaded gun in my room, nor do I have supplies of tinfoil hats in my dest drawer. So, how is it that I am able to enjoy guns? After all, Sarah Brady and other gun control advocates would have us belive that most gun enthusiasts would jump at an opportunity to fight back with full force, right? Wrong. Whenever a person like Sarah Brady sees a gun, she sees a weapon, created for the sole purpose of murdering people. However, when I see a gun, I see a mystique tool used to defend lives, an opportunity for me to escape the petty stressful routines of life. I see, a hobby.
Sure, guns are loud- but so are rock concerts. Sure, guns are dangerous- but so are drunken drivers. Sure, guns fire bullets- but those very bullets can be used to save lives.
So, even if Sarah Brady shuffles me under her inaccurate streotypes of gun enthusiasts, shooting guns is one hobby I am not prepared to give up.
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1. What did you think of my writing? (I feel like it lacked a central point- feels empty, but yet, it was completely spontanious, so it lacked planning)
2. What is your view on guns as a hobby? Should guns be categorized under a hobby or is it something which reaches beyond just "hobby"?
Sure, guns are loud- but so are rock concerts. Sure, guns are dangerous- but so are drunken drivers. Sure, guns fire bullets- but those very bullets can be used to save lives.
So, even if Sarah Brady shuffles me under her inaccurate streotypes of gun enthusiasts, shooting guns is one hobby I am not prepared to give up.
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1. What did you think of my writing? (I feel like it lacked a central point- feels empty, but yet, it was completely spontanious, so it lacked planning)
2. What is your view on guns as a hobby? Should guns be categorized under a hobby or is it something which reaches beyond just "hobby"?