Debate about Gun Control

[Eric the Green]

(07-13-2016, 03:53 PM)Odin Wrote: When I hear somebody call ordinary gun-owners "ammosexuals" I know the person is an prejudiced urbanite who thinks rural and small town people are all dumb hicks.

Because let's get this straight, the polarization over gun control is not actually about gun control at all, gun control is a proxy for all the simmering resentments and prejudices urban and rural people have towards each other. There will not be meaningful national gun control until rural and small town Americans no longer feel they are being condescended to by "sophisticated" people in the major cities.

Or maybe when they decide that saving lives is more important to them than whether they think they are being condescended to?

You know, proper priorities in life??

Which came first?
1. Did the majority of rural people (though not "all") vote Republican and oppose gun control, and then were resented for doing so by urban folks,
OR

2. Were a majority of rural white people resented, which then caused them to vote Republican and oppose gun control? (which is a poor excuse)?

Another irony, of course, is that urban gun control advocates are quite prepared to concede that guns are a way of life for rural and red-state folks, and will compromise on things like shotguns (as opposed to military weapons). But many of the rural folks in their gun obsession have imposed permissive federal gun laws on the cities and blue states, which they don't want, and which results in more gun deaths-- which can't be controlled as well because of the influence of these rural folks through the NRA.

Even so, stricter gun laws in most blue states have reduced gun violence and crime in general in those states, as opposed to red states with permissive gun laws.