PlayboyPenguin
member
Just wanted to blow off some steam here about some things I have read on this board lately. They are not really bad things and the people that wrote them did not mean to saying anything controversial. They are just statements that struck me as dangerous. They are not being said by the majority of people but they are being said often in some threads.
To paraphrase I have been reading things like....
you should only need one gun
You shouldn't own a gun you don't shoot/carry
I would never buy a SA revolver because they are not good SD weapons
I wouldn't buy a gun that couldn't stop an attacker
attacks on people who we don't feel are carrying in the most profecient way to defend themselves
etc...
All of these remarks are pretty innocent but but they all lead to one thing in my mind. They over simplify why people buy guns. They turn them into "only for killing" items. They remove elements like...
buying one for the fun of taking it to the range
buying one for the beauty of the chaftsmanship
buying it to fill a spot in a collection
buying one because of it's relevence to American and family history
etc...
I just think that when they became a tool of self defense it becomes to easy for antis to just say "then get some pepper spray and a police whistle".
Once again I know the vast majority of people on here understand all the reasons for owning a firearm but some trolls and lurkers just love to read the negative stuff. Visit their boards. You will be amazed how many quotes they pull from here (sometimes out of context) and other gun sights to support their points.
To paraphrase I have been reading things like....
you should only need one gun
You shouldn't own a gun you don't shoot/carry
I would never buy a SA revolver because they are not good SD weapons
I wouldn't buy a gun that couldn't stop an attacker
attacks on people who we don't feel are carrying in the most profecient way to defend themselves
etc...
All of these remarks are pretty innocent but but they all lead to one thing in my mind. They over simplify why people buy guns. They turn them into "only for killing" items. They remove elements like...
buying one for the fun of taking it to the range
buying one for the beauty of the chaftsmanship
buying it to fill a spot in a collection
buying one because of it's relevence to American and family history
etc...
I just think that when they became a tool of self defense it becomes to easy for antis to just say "then get some pepper spray and a police whistle".
Once again I know the vast majority of people on here understand all the reasons for owning a firearm but some trolls and lurkers just love to read the negative stuff. Visit their boards. You will be amazed how many quotes they pull from here (sometimes out of context) and other gun sights to support their points.