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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Gun owner here. I don’t own own guns primarily to hunt or defend myself, it’s really just a hobby. I shoot at the range, come home and store my guns, and that’s it. Most people would not guess I own a gun. I — and most other gun owners I know— are absolutely in favor of stricter gun laws.  Guns should absolutely be regulated and licensed. But whenever guns come up, I find that the left (even people who are seemingly reasonable/tolerant otherwise) starts screaming that GUNS KILL, we will take your guns, ALL GUN OWNERS ARE EVIL, etc. This gets the extreme right riled up and they start screaming that the guns will have to pried from their cold, dead hands, COME AND TAKE THEM, etc.

I’d love to see more moderate folks (including myself) come together and pass some common sense gun laws. Surely even the far left can get behind that? Yet every time I try to discuss, I get called names and get that knee jerk reaction. Let’s be real, my guns aren’t going anywhere. This country is not going to banning all guns and confiscating mine. I do think we need more regulation and don’t understand why I should get demonized for that. [/quote]

I'm a PP who said much the same things you just did.  I agree with you that the far left is doing as much if not more than the far right to hurt this cause.[/quote]

I am far left, would never keep guns in my home (or anywhere else), but agree that we should have a reasonable and sensible gun debate that brings common-sense measures to protect people. I’d love to be part of a group focused on this.

And I wouldn’t say that my kid can’t play in a house with guns—but I’d want to be able to trust the family enough that they are locking up the guns and locking the ammunition separately. I do get worried reading here that a lot of gun owners lie, or the person who says her boyfriend keeps a gun in the room but knows that the kids won’t go up there. [/quote]

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