[FWB]

Originally Posted by Colonel

I'm sure it is a cultural thing. I just don't see anything wrong with it. I grew up with them. And there is where in the long run they will die out - there are not enough people, like Rudedog, passing on the tradition of gun ownership to their children.

I really don't mean this as an attack on anyone, but I do think that that is a good thing... for society. Hopefully that will then provide forces in the US with the powerful support, the middle-classes, to implement restrictions. Just my final thought.

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Aaahhh, that is the wall between us. Is it possible to have it both ways? I say I have a right to defend myself or even just to own a gun for pleasure and you say you have a right to live in a gun free society. I doubt that it is possible. Unless we divide up the globe, you can have the UK and Australia and we'll take the US. Sound fair?[/quote:dc91b]



[quote:dc91b]I'm sorry to hear that. I have done some social work in the inner city also. I think that in doing so it reinforced my belief in the human spirit. And I'm sure your right, my perspective was solidified by my father's experience.[/quote:dc91b]

Don't get me wrong, there are good individuals and most who are "bad" are so for a social reason, but in the end it is very hard trying to "convert" them. In the end we're all standing very different positions.