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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 649973" data-attributes="member: 22662"><p>Fair enough. But I think my "paranoid" comment was accurate in context. Brett had suggested a degree of naivete in my previous post. Namely when I had said that I had not heard of people wanting to ban guns completely. He then gave two quotes. I stood corrected. The paranoia seems to exist in giving those quotes more weight than they deserve. The quotes themselves seem to indicate a knowing impotence. A nod to the fact that though the individual would like to ban guns, she knew it would never</p><p>happen. Even if 200,000 or 2,000,000 shared the sentiment, the question is moot: the Second Amendment is alive and well. So when at the mention of gun regulation the suggestion is raised that "they want to ban all guns" it does represent a paranoia in a "domino theory" kind of way. In this way sensible legislation is demonized as being "anti-gun" and "anti-Second Amendment". What happened with the "Brady Bill"? Or the "Assault Weapons Ban"? Or the "3 day cooling off period"? In every instance it was claimed that "they want to ban guns". A knee jerk reaction. It was portrayed as the government slowly trying to erode the rights of the citizens. That is paranoia.<img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/FeltTip/peaceful.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":peaceful:" title="Peaceful :peaceful:" data-shortname=":peaceful:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 649973, member: 22662"] Fair enough. But I think my "paranoid" comment was accurate in context. Brett had suggested a degree of naivete in my previous post. Namely when I had said that I had not heard of people wanting to ban guns completely. He then gave two quotes. I stood corrected. The paranoia seems to exist in giving those quotes more weight than they deserve. The quotes themselves seem to indicate a knowing impotence. A nod to the fact that though the individual would like to ban guns, she knew it would never happen. Even if 200,000 or 2,000,000 shared the sentiment, the question is moot: the Second Amendment is alive and well. So when at the mention of gun regulation the suggestion is raised that "they want to ban all guns" it does represent a paranoia in a "domino theory" kind of way. In this way sensible legislation is demonized as being "anti-gun" and "anti-Second Amendment". What happened with the "Brady Bill"? Or the "Assault Weapons Ban"? Or the "3 day cooling off period"? In every instance it was claimed that "they want to ban guns". A knee jerk reaction. It was portrayed as the government slowly trying to erode the rights of the citizens. That is paranoia.:peaceful: [/QUOTE]
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