Posted by Dinah on April 15, 2003, at 9:05:07
In reply to Re: Bowling for Columbine » cybercafe, posted by OddipusRex on April 15, 2003, at 7:00:15
I know any number of people with hunting rifles. If they have handguns, they don't share that information with me. My husband has a vintage rifle or something from an ancestor's service career, but it's rusted and unusable. I wouldn't have a gun in the house, for obvious and less obvious reasons.
There was a sweet and outgoing fifty-someodd year old woman at my office a few years back, though. I was surprised to find out that she and her husband were survivalists. They had quite an arsenal. I figure if things are so bad that I need an automatic to survive, I think I'd rather not. She was also quite vocal about the right to keep guns to protect us against the government becoming abusive. But I think in this age of high tech weaponry, we pretty much have to rely on the decency and goodwill of our military personnel, because a few automatic weapons in the hands of the populace aren't going to be all that much protection against our armed forces.
It was quite a surprise though. So I imagine a fair number of those households with weapons would be ones you'd never really suspect.
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