Well Frank,
My online thesaurus just told me I'm over my credit limit. But I think I got the gist. Seriously though, you're 100% correct about the urbanization aspect of the problem. But one good thing also is that it forces some people out into more rural areas. They have our semi-country (not hick) values thrown at them and we don't make any apologies about it. It's our way of life. Live it or leave it. The VAST majority live it. Because they see that it works. Now. Oklahoma is not a liberal state. In fact. We were 100% blue in the last election. I think the only 1 of the 58 states in the union that was that way. See around here, we don't let people be weak. We don't coddle to them. And it's amazing how at first they are so intimidated. Then they want to learn. Then they learn. Then it's part of their everyday life.
I don't have thousands of new shooters under my belt. But I have quite a few. And the two coworkers of mine, I have no doubt, will be gun owners before to much longer.
Again, it goes back to being able to read a person as to whether or not they can be "enlightened". Then it's how you do it. And I still firmly believe that those close minded anti's can still further our agenda. Because when presented with facts, they resort to ad hominem arguments. To a fence sitter this appears as a lack of intellect especially when you point it out.
My online thesaurus just told me I'm over my credit limit. But I think I got the gist. Seriously though, you're 100% correct about the urbanization aspect of the problem. But one good thing also is that it forces some people out into more rural areas. They have our semi-country (not hick) values thrown at them and we don't make any apologies about it. It's our way of life. Live it or leave it. The VAST majority live it. Because they see that it works. Now. Oklahoma is not a liberal state. In fact. We were 100% blue in the last election. I think the only 1 of the 58 states in the union that was that way. See around here, we don't let people be weak. We don't coddle to them. And it's amazing how at first they are so intimidated. Then they want to learn. Then they learn. Then it's part of their everyday life.
I don't have thousands of new shooters under my belt. But I have quite a few. And the two coworkers of mine, I have no doubt, will be gun owners before to much longer.
Again, it goes back to being able to read a person as to whether or not they can be "enlightened". Then it's how you do it. And I still firmly believe that those close minded anti's can still further our agenda. Because when presented with facts, they resort to ad hominem arguments. To a fence sitter this appears as a lack of intellect especially when you point it out.
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