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Warpy

(113,130 posts)
1. Well, you live in a mostly sane and civilized country
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 09:38 PM
Dec 2012

and don't get the extent of the US love affair with guns. And yes, many gun owners do love their guns.

In addition, here in the wild west, folks need their long guns outside the cities because this is bear and cougar country. If they're lucky enough to get one of the hunting licenses that doesn't go to some urban trophy hunter, they really rely on having that deer or elk in the freezer. This is a poor state.

Banning guns is just not going to happen. What we all hope for (except the gun culture) is that large magazines are banned. We'd also love to see semi auto guns banned, but that's a tougher fight. The best we can hope for here is slowing the squirrels determined to commit mass murder down, giving the police time to arrive.

Honestly, you'd have more success banning beer in Oz.

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