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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Strategies like the OP’s may be our only hope. Gun rights people need their selfishness called out and exposed…by family members, colleagues, followers. Their movement is facilitating the executions of children. I’m not saying we should shame responsible gun owners or hunters. But NRA enthusiasts and gun show attendees? People who have personal arsenals? Gun lobbysits? Those who proudly want assault weapons on the consumer market? Yes. Shaming them is the only way forward. Their proclivities need to be seen as niche, cruel, greedy and most of all *backwards*.

We’ve made huge societal strides on issues as varied as corporal punishment in schools, animal welfare and gay rights. Public perception must change and it can begin within families, painful as that may be. [/quote]

I agree.

And my family owns guns for hunting. None of us belong to any gun-related organization. We are anti-gun lobby and want strict gun control. We do not vote for idiots who are bought and sold by the NRA or who associate themselves with gun rights.

The step is a gun ban. We are OK with that.[/quote]

Thank you for being responsible.

What would you think about requiring that people who want to hunt be required to obtain guns from a state-run repository at a hunting range, use them for hunting, and then return them?

I understand that’s not feasible for people like farmers, who need to use guns regularly to deal with animals that threaten their crops, but it would seem that controlling the guns used for hunting is potentially possible. [/quote]

I think it's more important to ban certain types of guns, the ones which have the capacity to kill multiple people in a few seconds (automatic category - used in mass shootings), and the ones that can operate easily at short range (handguns - most commonly used in homicides apart from mass shootings for concealment and carry purposes). My uncle would rather keep his firearms on his property and use them at will. He has an equestrian center and does need to shoot the occasional vermin.

My point is that reasonable people, even those who are close to the land and hunt, should be on the gun ban side. No one needs a military grade, high-tech weapon!!! The true hunter pitches his wits against the hunted and gives them a sporting chance... unlike the despicable shooting Instagrammed by some high-profile politicians and sons of. Time to get back to bolt-action rifle and learn to aim.[/quote]

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