A Nation of Cowards (illegal, health care, death, Canada)
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Coward is a huge insult to gun lovers. They spend their lives trying to arm themselves, to prove how macho they are. Guns help them with their self esteem....so nobody will call them a coward.
my wife will laugh at your statement of "macho".
she owns more firearms than I do, my 2 oldest daughters do as well.
From the losers I've run across in Texas who are gun nuts. You start to notice patterns. Loners, white, low educated, unattractive to women, middle aged to elderly, out of shape, pot bellied,. etc.
Guns help boost their egos...they think they are really tough.
BTW I hunt and own guns myself, it's just I don't get some sense of self worth from it.
I think people who generalize and degrade an entire segment of the population using insults have a low self worth. oh yeah and they're pot bellied
Well then hopefully you eat healthy and exercise too, since you're much, much more likely to die from heart disease or cancer than from being a victim of crime in the USA...
Coward is a huge insult to gun lovers. They spend their lives trying to arm themselves, to prove how macho they are. Guns help them with their self esteem....so nobody will call them a coward.
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Originally Posted by padcrasher
From the losers I've run across in Texas who are gun nuts. You start to notice patterns. Loners, white, low educated, unattractive to women, middle aged to elderly, out of shape, pot bellied,. etc.
Guns help boost their egos...they think they are really tough.
BTW I hunt and own guns myself, it's just I don't get some sense of self worth from it.
From the losers I've run across in Texas who are gun nuts. You start to notice patterns. Loners, white, low educated, unattractive to women, middle aged to elderly, out of shape, pot bellied,. etc.
I question your statistical methods.
84% of Texans are white. So, it stands that most gun owners in Texas would also be white. So, it stands that most 'gun nuts' you've run into in Texas would be white.
It's also possible that there is some selection bias in the people that you run into. Would you be 'middle aged to elderly'? If so it is likely that you would associate with other people who are 'middle aged to elderly'.
I also think it is possible that 'middle aged to elderly' people might be more apt to be 'unattractive to women'-at least in your view of what women might find attractive, 'out of shape', and 'pot bellied' than the general population.
15 leading causes of death in 2007
1. Diseases of heart (heart disease)
2. Malignant neoplasms (cancer)
15. Assault (homicide)
I don't know if that's what you presume of 'true liberal's.
I'd wager that 'true liberals', 'false liberals', 'true conservatives', 'false conservatives' and everyone else are probably factually correct at about the same rate.
What makes that so liberal? The poster made a comment that he needed a gun to protect his life, because he was the family breadwinner. Statistically you're far more likely to be killed by common illnesses, heart disease, cancer, car accidents, etc, than be a victim of criminal violence. Logically, if one feels they need a gun to protect their life, they should take account of other things that could prematurely end their existence.
For most people not involved in the drug trade or living in high crime areas your odds of being killed by a criminal are extremely low in this country. And if you are killed by someone it's most likely to be someone you know.
And I'm not even against owning guns ,whether for home protection or hunting. I grew up with guns in the family. I don't feel the need to own one now, because I don't feel it would provide any additional safety or add to my well-being. And I'm not a hunter either.
But don't call me a coward, because I choose not to own a gun. I can walk confidently without fear through any neighborhood in my city. If that makes me more of a coward than a suburban gun owner too afraid to set foot in the city due to their own fears, than so be it.
Good point...btw I like guns, but I don't feel the need to own one. The stats show that areas and countries with less guns are safer. It's not coincidence.
How about whipping out a few of those stats? Recently on this very forum some stats appeared that showed how the number of gun crimes in the UK have grown so much recently. Now they outlawed gun ownership other than for hunting many years ago but it seems that so many people own guns.
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