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Originally Posted by Hopyard
Sullivan laws and similar. I really think the folks who push these don't have hidden agendas. They just don't see the other side, the usefulness of a gun for self-defense, the usefulness of a gun for sporting purposes, or the usefulness of gun ownership as a hobby.
Fear is often an irrational emotion, and the anti- gun ownership/gun rights folks are driven by an irrational emotion--the fear that guns cause gun violence.
Now, sadly, too many bad things happen when BGs get their hands on guns, but BGs will get them no matter what--or use knives, or clubs, or nails, or whatever they can get their hands on. That's the part the other side just is not able to comprehend.
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Hop,
I agree in part.
I think most people have an irrational fear of guns.
I think the leadership of these groups have a hidden agenda--I think it most often is control. They just use those who are acting out of their fear to swell their ranks and give them some legitimacy. "See how many people are opposed to guns?" they say, and thereby hide the real reason THEY are there...the control.
JMO.