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<blockquote data-quote="Laurie!" data-source="post: 428846" data-attributes="member: 2210">Guns and violence in general needs to stop being glorified.&nbsp; Bottom line is, guns are for wimps and cowards.A toddler can kill with a gun.&nbsp; So why is it supposedly a right to passage for American males (mostly) to consider themselves tough, dominant members of society because they own them?I grew up with probably a dozen or more guns in the home (older brothers who loved hunting) but I was always taught to be cautious around them, not to play with them, never to point one at anyone...and I certainly never understood the macho photos of a poor, lifeless animal propped up in front of the successful hunter as though it made them tough to kill a lesser foe.&nbsp; So I most definitely don&#039;t understand those Conservative family Christmas cards with the whole family showing off their guns.Guns are just supposed to be for practical use (easy meat source when needed, scaring away predators, thieves, etc), not killing other human beings.This extends beyond just guns.&nbsp; The world is in a state where it&#039;s celebrated to drop the biggest bombs and to hell with whether innocent people die as a result.&nbsp; It&#039;s cowardice on every level.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Laurie!, post: 428846, member: 2210"] Guns and violence in general needs to stop being glorified. Bottom line is, guns are for wimps and cowards. A toddler can kill with a gun. So why is it supposedly a right to passage for American males (mostly) to consider themselves tough, dominant members of society because they own them? I grew up with probably a dozen or more guns in the home (older brothers who loved hunting) but I was always taught to be cautious around them, not to play with them, never to point one at anyone...and I certainly never understood the macho photos of a poor, lifeless animal propped up in front of the successful hunter as though it made them tough to kill a lesser foe. So I most definitely don't understand those Conservative family Christmas cards with the whole family showing off their guns. Guns are just supposed to be for practical use (easy meat source when needed, scaring away predators, thieves, etc), not killing other human beings. This extends beyond just guns. The world is in a state where it's celebrated to drop the biggest bombs and to hell with whether innocent people die as a result. It's cowardice on every level. [/QUOTE]

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