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Re: Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 28 Jul 2003 14:54:29 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
> In essence, my objection is not to guns or to gun ownership, but instead to
> the "shoot first, end of story" mindset that is rampant in the US.
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> Dave!
Very well put. I'd say I agree with 99% of that. Pumping a shotgun is a rather
dramatic sound, eh? Tangent, but I always find it interesting that in movies,
the action of the gun is always shown (heard) before the actual firing, simply
because it's a sound that illicits fear and is plain cool.
-Chris
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| (...) Good point, but here's something that's always bothered me. Very often we'll see some menacing fellow onscreen brandishing a .45 or even a shotgun, and by brandishing it he coerces some other character to undertake some action or inaction. But (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) As one of the Daves in this go-around, I'll offer my thoughts in response. I should underscore outright that I'm definitely not anti-gun. I admit that I have leaned more in that direction in the past, but my opinion has evolved, and I no (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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