Kraichgauer wrote:
Raptor wrote:
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Seriously, you'll need to define and preferably give examples what you think a gun fetishist is before I can address that.
I recall giving the definition before - maybe it was on another thread going on simultaneously with this one. Basically, it's someone who believes the whole of the constitution revolves around the second amendment, believes gun rights are limitless and supersedes everyone else' rights. One example that comes to mind is after the Adam Lanza shooting, and gun fetishists not only shouted down the grieving parents at town hall meetings when they suggested gun control, but even cast doubt on the very fact that anyone had even been killed. Theses cretins suggested that the grieving parents were only actors, that one of the shooting victims (a little blonde girl) was still alive, and meeting with Obama, and even that Obama had orchestrated the whole thing to justify more gun control. That, and the fact that the gun owners who qualify as gun fetishists honestly have an unhealthy sexual interest in fire arms, probably to compensate for certain short comings.
That definition satisfy you?
That's not what I expected as a definition of a gun fetishist but whatever.
Back to this:
Kraichgauer wrote:
Those gun fetishists who you advise me not to pay any attention to are the most vocal voices of the NRA and the GOA. It's sort of hard to ignore them when the right makes them out to be representative of gun owners, and have them appearing on TV constantly to represent their views.
First off, the NRA (or GOA)do not have the luxury of deciding who is in their membership and who isn't. You sign up online and pay the dues and receive your membership package and monthly subscription to the American Rifleman. They have no way to reign in any nutjobs that might show up at the town hall meeting after Sandy Hook waving an NRA banner and acting like asshats. I did not watch that town hall meeting so I don't know what went on there. Nothing would surprise me, though.
Although I don't condone it, I think I can safely say that the anti-gun opportunists and knee-jerk politicians have over time created the climate that is conductive to that kind of tasteless reaction from
some unsavory NRA members. To back that up, the citizens of Connecticut are being raked over the coals by, you guessed it, the passage of knee jerk gun legislation aimed at doing nothing but breeding more hostility and creating a new class of criminal to clutter up the legal system and piss away John Q. Taxpayer's money.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_ConnecticutQuote:
Magazines holding more than 10 rounds are considered Large Capacity Magazines and are prohibited, with grandfathering for those possessed prior to April 4, 2013 provided they are registered with DESPP by January 1, 2014.[12] On April 4, 2013, Governor Malloy signed a comprehensive gun control bill that expands the scope of the assault weapon ban by reducing the number of defined features from two to one, while adding 100 specific firearms to the existing assault weapons ban list. Such weapons that were lawfully owned prior to the enactment of the law are grandfathered, but must be registered with the DESPP. Exceptions to the ban also exist for law enforcement and military members, but these weapons too must be registered.
As far as the whole constitution revolving around the 2nd amendment I don't agree but on the other hand we do see the 2nd as the teeth of the constitution for reasons you'll never grasp (and I'm not
always sure I do), but none the less.......
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23 Mar 2014, 5:59 pm
