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<blockquote data-quote="soberups" data-source="post: 920376" data-attributes="member: 14668">TOS,What would you do to change things?There are something like 200 million guns in the United States. They arent going to vanish. You cant &quot;uninvent&quot; them. And the same Constitution that protects your freedom of speech and your freedom of expression and your freedom of worship and your freedem to petition your government for a redress of grievances also gurantees my right to keep and bear arms. So like it or not, guns are a fact of life and the sooner you accept that reality and start looking for solutions, the better off we all will be.You say &quot;the issue isnt people who go to gun clubs to shoot for sport&quot; yet in other posts you claim that gun owners care nothing for human life and you make assertions about the &quot;typical mind set&quot; of ALL gun owners. What other sterotypes do you believe in? Do you believe that ALL gay men are effeminate hair dressers? Do you believe that ALL Jewish people are cheap? Do you believe that ALL black people like watermelon? Or are gun owners like myself the only targets of your bigotry?I resent being sterotyped in such a manner. I resent being painted with your broad brush. I resent the fact that, in your arrogance, you would presume to know what is in my heart based solely on the fact that I choose to own guns. To buy into such a stereotypes is the very definition of ignorance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="soberups, post: 920376, member: 14668"] TOS, What would [I]you[/I] do to change things? There are something like 200 million guns in the United States. They arent going to vanish. You cant "uninvent" them. And the same Constitution that protects [I]your[/I] freedom of speech and [I]your[/I] freedom of expression and [I]your[/I] freedom of worship and [I]your[/I] freedem to petition your government for a redress of grievances also gurantees [I]my[/I] right to keep and bear arms. So like it or not, guns are a fact of life and the sooner you accept that reality and start looking for solutions, the better off we all will be. You say "the issue isnt people who go to gun clubs to shoot for sport" yet in other posts you claim that gun owners care [I]nothing[/I] for human life and you make assertions about the "typical mind set" of ALL gun owners. What [I]other[/I] sterotypes do you believe in? Do you believe that ALL gay men are effeminate hair dressers? Do you believe that ALL Jewish people are cheap? Do you believe that ALL black people like watermelon? Or are gun owners like myself the [I]only[/I] targets of your bigotry? I [I]resent[/I] being sterotyped in such a manner. I [I]resent[/I] being painted with your broad brush. I [I]resent[/I] the fact that, in your arrogance, you would presume to know what is in [I]my[/I] heart based solely on the fact that I choose to own guns. To buy into such a stereotypes is the [I]very definition [/I]of ignorance. [/QUOTE]

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