It's not sad really, just something he never grew up with. It's kind of like the irrational fear of guns that is based on ignorance, which is completely ridiculous, and at the same time faintly understandable. If the only thing you ever saw in regards to firearms was movies about people killing others with guns and crimes being committed with guns on the news as opposed to people defending themselves with guns, it's not a far fetched conclusion that a person would be totally devoid of any practical knowledge.What kind of bizarro world does Conan O'Brien live in where someone owning a gun is hard to believe?
It's not up yet (Fri Sept 12, 2008) is the most current listed on the site...but in a day or three we should be able to see the episode here:
http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_C...ideo/episodes/
Congress defunded ATFE many years ago from restoring 2A rights, and they are the only ones who can do it.
Who cares?
streakr said:And you thought all liberals are opposed to the 2A?
Plenty of apathetic Republicans as well. How about the Republicans that like to hunt, but don't think we need hi-cap magazines or semi automatic pistol gripped scary rifles? They do exist, my mom married one.Lots of pro-gun Democrats in this country.
Well, tell me again why should we care what this actor or that actor has to say on the topic. Do we really believe that people are going to listen to a movie actor on TV and adopt his stance on firearms, or politics in general, or the state of the world, or the U.S. economy, or virtually anything else?
Well, tell me again why should we care what this actor or that actor has to say on the topic. Do we really believe that people are going to listen to a movie actor on TV and adopt his stance on firearms, or politics in general, or the state of the world, or the U.S. economy, or virtually anything else?
Go to a SHOT show. Go to the Glock booth. See how many people stand in line to get a picture with R. Lee Ermey...
I think its great whenever a popular figure promotes gun ownership, they have much more influence on the masses. I especially like the part about how protecting yourself is being responsible.
I think there are a lot of undecided people out there, especially when it comes to something like guns. Most people who don't like guns haven't really been around them and mostly hear negative stories in the media and believe the Brady "statistics" that they read. They're not purposeful antis, they're just afraid of things they're unfamiliar with and are easily emotionally swayed. The more people they are familiar with, look up to, or even just know about who own guns and aren't criminals, the better off we all are.At the same time, the people who do not have their minds made up -- and these folks are few and far between these days -- are not going to be influenced by a movie actor who gets paid to jaw with some schlub on a TV talk show.