WOW guys, i should have been paying closer attention to this thread.
Sorry if i offended anyone, i should have chosen my words more carefully.
I completely 100% support people to buy as many guns as they choose, and if money weren't a concern to me i would have my own "small arsenal".
I only meant that the average gun owner, (maybe not the average on THR
) has one or two guns, and doesn't talk about them much. I'd venture to say that if you are a member of this forum you are a "gun enthusiast" not just a casual or "normal" gun owner. I wasn't trying to imply that anyone with a gun collection is some sort of lunatic.
Unfortunately some of you took it as me judging someone for owning multiple guns or whatever... I only meant that when gun owners are portrayed in the media it is always a "gun enthusiast" that gets shown, not the "casual owner" who represents the majority of the gun owning population. This, in my belief, leads anti's to believe that anyone who owns a gun is a so called "gun nut", because that is the only type of person they ever are exposed to.
I'm dissapointed that some folks on here jumped on me so quickly... Seems like i was "branded" as some sort of anti for saying the words "normal" & "ridiculous"
MachIVshooter: I'll try to answer this thinking like one of "them"
is this directed at me?
please read my post again.
to me... ridiculous = very, extremely. not literally ridiculous, as in, deserving of ridicule. so perhaps that is a poor choice of words... but why just assume that i would think any of the things you put in there.
also... why would you pick 1 word out of an entire paragraph to be offended about? Doesn't the context clue you in on what my beliefs are?