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The irresponsibility of the general population is such that I am alarmed by a significant increase in gun ownership, irrespective of my belief in the right to b

The irresponsibility of the general population is such that I am alarmed by a significant increase in gun ownership, irrespective of my belief in the right to bear arms. Additionally, gun collecting is demonstrative of collecting behavior, rather than treatment of the gun as purely a tool. Guns, especially given their purpose as tools, are simply not collectible totems.

maxharris 18y ago
> are simply not collectible totems Have you ever met anyone that has a firearm or firearm-related hobby? I'm guessing that you haven't. A little secret: they're not all hicks, militia members, xenophobes, etc. Those terrible stereotypes don't apply to any of my friends and family members that keep guns, and I strongly suspect that they're not true of the general population either.
- klump5 18y ago
  The GP didn't state that all firearm owners were "hicks, militia members, xenophobes, etc."
- carbon8 18y ago
  Have you ever met anyone that has a firearm or firearm-related hobby? I'm guessing that you haven't. This is a really, really, really bad assumption. I don't know about ankhmoop, but I own guns and have throughout my life. Most of my family members own firearms and a couple of my friends are collectors. I, too, am alarmed by sudden increases in firearm sales in the US, as are all other gun owners that I have spoken to about it, since it has been prompted by political rhetoric and the economic downturn.
cpr 18y ago
This is patently false. Guns are beautiful machines made by men. Some people collect cars, others hand-painted Easter eggs. Guns are quite collectible totems qua beautiful machines.
- klump5 18y ago
  Ergo: "gun collecting is demonstrative of collecting behavior, rather than treatment of the gun as purely a tool". You appear to contradict your statement that "Guns are just tools".
  - cpr 18y ago
    And there are no tool collectors? I also collect beautiful tools. (E.g., old timber-framing drills.)
    - klump5 18y ago
      There are tool collectors, but they are demonstrating "collecting behavior". In Boy Scouts we were taught to respect and appreciate guns as the very dangerous tools they are. I can personally only agree with your original statement: Guns -are- only tools, and should only be treated as tools.
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maxharris 18y ago

> are simply not collectible totems Have you ever met anyone that has a firearm or firearm-related hobby? I'm guessing that you haven't. A little secret: they're not all hicks, militia members, xenophobes, etc. Those terrible stereotypes don't apply to any of my friends and family members that keep guns, and I strongly suspect that they're not true of the general population either.

klump5 18y ago
The GP didn't state that all firearm owners were "hicks, militia members, xenophobes, etc."
carbon8 18y ago
Have you ever met anyone that has a firearm or firearm-related hobby? I'm guessing that you haven't. This is a really, really, really bad assumption. I don't know about ankhmoop, but I own guns and have throughout my life. Most of my family members own firearms and a couple of my friends are collectors. I, too, am alarmed by sudden increases in firearm sales in the US, as are all other gun owners that I have spoken to about it, since it has been prompted by political rhetoric and the economic downturn.

cpr 18y ago

This is patently false. Guns are beautiful machines made by men. Some people collect cars, others hand-painted Easter eggs. Guns are quite collectible totems qua beautiful machines.

klump5 18y ago
Ergo: "gun collecting is demonstrative of collecting behavior, rather than treatment of the gun as purely a tool". You appear to contradict your statement that "Guns are just tools".
- cpr 18y ago
  And there are no tool collectors? I also collect beautiful tools. (E.g., old timber-framing drills.)
  - klump5 18y ago
    There are tool collectors, but they are demonstrating "collecting behavior". In Boy Scouts we were taught to respect and appreciate guns as the very dangerous tools they are. I can personally only agree with your original statement: Guns -are- only tools, and should only be treated as tools.

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