ny32182
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People with no personal experience with a topic just "know" what they are told through various media. For a lot of those people one of those topics is firearms.
Movies, and worse yet, news, almost invariably say "the gun was registered to Jimmy" when any story involves a gun. Even in places with no registration. Who knows why.
I've even spoken with one "out of touch" gun owner (a coworker of mine; older woman who lives alone and evidently has a .38 or some sort for protection) who is dead convinced that her pistol is registered to her in the state of SC. There was no convincing her otherwise. Sometimes just smile and nod.
It is no different than any other topic that any of us may not be familiar with. I have a buddy who is into skydiving, and he hates the movie "Point Break" because he says the skydiving scenes are so bad and fake he simply can't watch it. I don't know the difference, because I know nothing about skydiving. To me it is just an entertaining movie.
Movies, and worse yet, news, almost invariably say "the gun was registered to Jimmy" when any story involves a gun. Even in places with no registration. Who knows why.
I've even spoken with one "out of touch" gun owner (a coworker of mine; older woman who lives alone and evidently has a .38 or some sort for protection) who is dead convinced that her pistol is registered to her in the state of SC. There was no convincing her otherwise. Sometimes just smile and nod.
It is no different than any other topic that any of us may not be familiar with. I have a buddy who is into skydiving, and he hates the movie "Point Break" because he says the skydiving scenes are so bad and fake he simply can't watch it. I don't know the difference, because I know nothing about skydiving. To me it is just an entertaining movie.