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<blockquote data-quote="bbsam" data-source="post: 970806" data-attributes="member: 22662">You make excellent points.&nbsp; Yes.&nbsp; I bring a certain viewpoint to the discussion that is very much framed not only by my past but my present as well.&nbsp; I have come to believe that we are not so much alike in our virtues as we are in our defects.&nbsp; I do view the world through these lenses and ascribe fear perhaps where it doesn&#039;t exist but I think it remains for the most part fairly accurate.&nbsp; Fear is not something limited to a few of us and shows it&#039;s manifestations in many different ways.&nbsp; What I don&#039;t understand in the gun debate is two-fold.&nbsp; First is the every piece of gun legislation is an attempt to &quot;take our guns away&quot;.&nbsp; And second, why do gun owners even get pulled into the question of why they own a gun?&nbsp; That&#039;s where this whole thread started.&nbsp; Why not just say, &quot;Because I want to and in this country it is my right&quot;?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bbsam, post: 970806, member: 22662"] You make excellent points. Yes. I bring a certain viewpoint to the discussion that is very much framed not only by my past but my present as well. I have come to believe that we are not so much alike in our virtues as we are in our defects. I do view the world through these lenses and ascribe fear perhaps where it doesn't exist but I think it remains for the most part fairly accurate. Fear is not something limited to a few of us and shows it's manifestations in many different ways. What I don't understand in the gun debate is two-fold. First is the every piece of gun legislation is an attempt to "take our guns away". And second, why do gun owners even get pulled into the question of why they own a gun? That's where this whole thread started. Why not just say, "Because I want to and in this country it is my right"? [/QUOTE]

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