tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post5467474193781293653..comments2023-09-26T12:18:39.374+03:00Comments on Boreal Expat: Gun CultureKent Tankersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848650819768345044noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-71625587305878868352013-03-16T13:54:01.466+02:002013-03-16T13:54:01.466+02:00Huh. Really? I suspect it’s useless to respond to ...Huh. Really? I suspect it’s useless to respond to a comment like this, but just to be sure I reread my post and wasn’t able to find any reference to “banning guns”. Maybe you meant to address your insults to some other blog. (Or maybe you’re a robot.)<br /><br />My post talked about the gun culture in the US and the unhealthy/paranoid/bewildering obsession some Americans have with firearms. By responding with a hateful comment that you likely cut and paste every time you run across someone (like me) who favors more gun control (not gun banning), you have basically proved my point. Well done.Kent Tankersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848650819768345044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-80244321129091688362013-02-08T15:41:34.723+02:002013-02-08T15:41:34.723+02:00That is better.That is better.Kent Tankersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848650819768345044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-62043331588573755222013-02-06T15:16:44.606+02:002013-02-06T15:16:44.606+02:00How about this then:
"<= My next door nei...How about this then:<br /><br />"<= My next door neighbor is a GUN NUT!<br /> Join me in expressing HALF-HEARTED SYMPATHIES<br /> when a member of his family is killed by GUN VIOLENCE."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-60917067723462329922013-01-24T22:30:11.348+02:002013-01-24T22:30:11.348+02:00I can’t really endorse that sentiment. What I woul...I can’t really endorse that sentiment. What I would like to see is an America where no one feels the need to keep guns at home because of high crime rates (exaggerated or not) or some irrational fear over a government takeover or society collapsing. I know, I know, the US will probably never ever be like that. <br /><br />In the meantime, I would hope fewer people do stupid things with the guns they do have, especially when it’s innocent loved ones who get hurt. I’m not optimistic about that either (to say the least), hence in my mind the fewer guns, the better. Still, I wouldn't take any satisfaction from some idiot’s obsession with guns leading to a family tragedy -- even if they brought it on themselvesKent Tankersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848650819768345044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-59941792715660422832013-01-23T19:25:15.603+02:002013-01-23T19:25:15.603+02:00"<= My next door neighbor is a GUN NUT!
Jo..."<= My next door neighbor is a GUN NUT!<br />Join me in my GLEE when his loved one is killed in a gun-related accident or by gun violence."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-72245770468796261592013-01-19T22:01:24.307+02:002013-01-19T22:01:24.307+02:00It's really horrible that your father went thr...It's really horrible that your father went through something like that. I can see why he wanted to instill a healthy respect for guns in you. I wish every gunowner would do the same. I once discharged my rifle accidentally while hunting and it scared the shit out of me (I'll do a post about this sometime). Things can go wrong way too easily with guns, and I have no real desire to have anything to do with them.Kent Tankersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01848650819768345044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-40585248498324740092013-01-19T16:58:20.437+02:002013-01-19T16:58:20.437+02:00Funny how the "gun lover" in that video ...Funny how the "gun lover" in that video is a classic skin-head Nazi.<br /><br />I was with you when the kid from New Jersey encountered us on the Appalachian Trail. I'm the one who mentioned to him that your dad had a gun rack in his truck, too. That's something that my dad, who always owned guns, never had. It was something that just never appealed to him.<br /><br />Like you, I grew up with the things and my dad (who'd accidentally shot one of his pals when he was a teenager) drilled into me how freaking dangerous a gun was. "Never point one at a human being. Not even if it's unloaded." (He'd shot his best friend at the age of 17 with an "unloaded" pistol.) He had me so respectful of the mortal power of guns that I wouldn't even point a toy gun at anyone.<br /><br />My dad did have pistols. He usually had two...generally a .38 revolver and a .45 military pistol. I inherited one of each when he died and later had both of them destroyed by a local police department. The one rifle I had quite literally fell to pieces and I disposed of it in sections.<br /><br />Guns are part of the racist and religious insanity that infects the USA. It's one of the very worst things about this country.<br />James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.com