The NRA and gun lobby have fed tons of bs to responsible gun owners for decades. Any law even something overwhelmingly popular is contorted into an evil slippery slope plot of the government coming for all guns.
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Proving my point really. I get that people living in the middle of nowhere may need guns. Mountain lions, bears etc No one in any city in the US or anywhere “needs” a gun. You need a gun to shoot things. Shoot what? So a responsible gun owner in this situation is a complete non sequitur.
aug 29, 2025, 8:52 pm • 14 1 • view
By coincidence,it all began with 3 Americans in England.
aug 29, 2025, 10:00 pm • 0 0 • view
I enjoy the skill of marksmanship. It was very necessary in the military. I continue to practice marksmanship and doubt I will ever need it again for the same purpose, as I do not wish to kill anything. Yet ....
aug 29, 2025, 8:58 pm • 0 0 • view
The US is culturally very different than UK. Not better or worse, just different. There are large swaths of the country where ties to rural roots are strong. Not everywhere is like the Eastern Seaboard which is very urbanized. Many people in some areas of the country hunt. And do it for food.
aug 29, 2025, 9:55 pm • 2 0 • view
No one in the UK sends their child to school and worries they will get shot. The end
aug 29, 2025, 10:08 pm • 0 0 • view
Saying that responsible gun owners shouldn’t be have guns just because they live in an urban area only feeds into the bs that the NRA peddles: They are coming for your guns. Do we need gun control? Most Emphatically YES. Is there such a thing as responsible gun ownership? Yes
aug 29, 2025, 9:56 pm • 3 2 • view
No
aug 29, 2025, 10:08 pm • 0 0 • view
No what? Responsible gun ownership? I would hold up my entire family as examples of responsible gun ownership. Guns are treated with respect. Trigger locks/Gun Safe always used.
aug 29, 2025, 10:18 pm • 0 0 • view
I was raised to respect even toy guns. There was no waiving around a toy gun. You never pointed a toy gun at anything but its intended target. My father has rules at his land if you want to hunt. No alcohol & guns. Always know what is behind what you are shooting at.
aug 29, 2025, 10:18 pm • 1 0 • view
There are more but you get the point. If someone doesn’t follow his rules they can leave an not come back.
aug 29, 2025, 10:18 pm • 0 0 • view
Let’s be real here. Minnesota is the approximate size of England. It has urban, rural and wilderness areas. I live in a Minneapolis suburb. I don’t hunt personally, but virtually my entire family does. Father, sister, nephews, uncles, cousins.
aug 29, 2025, 9:56 pm • 3 0 • view
My mom & I are the only ones who don’t hunt. Duck, geese, pheasant, grouse, turkey, rabbit, deer, bear, moose etc were all served to me as a child. MANY people here do hunt. In a little over an hour, I could be where my dad duck or goose hunted.
aug 29, 2025, 9:57 pm • 3 0 • view
Just a little further and I could be where he deer hunts. I’m sure there are closer places, but I grew up in central MN and that is what I know. MANY people who live in the metro area hunt. We have roads that take us from the urban area to where the game is. Many have cabins in northern MN.
aug 29, 2025, 9:58 pm • 2 0 • view
The discussion is about the firearm that seems to be used in the majority of these mass shootings, the AR15 style weapon. This weapon is designed to cause the max. number of casualties in the shortest time. Any hunter with some common sense needs to understand this, nobody is coming for your rifle.
aug 29, 2025, 10:08 pm • 5 0 • view
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aug 30, 2025, 3:17 am • 0 0 • view
Normal people do not need rifles. That you think you do is the whole issue
aug 29, 2025, 10:10 pm • 1 0 • view
Many law abiding people use rifles to hunt and do so responsibly. I am vegan & I don’t hunt. But I know many who do hunt & do eat venison, bear, turkey, duck etc.
aug 29, 2025, 10:23 pm • 1 0 • view
Bonita, no one needs an AR-15 to hunt. That's the point these people are making. Do you not understand that?
aug 29, 2025, 11:07 pm • 1 0 • view
A rifle is just a long barreled gun with rifling (spiraling grooves) used to impart a spinning motion to fired bullets thereby increasing range and accuracy. I suppose hunters could use muskets if they wanted to hit trees rather than game, though that seems like a couple-century step backwards.
aug 30, 2025, 3:04 am • 1 0 • view
I grew up in OC CA when it was still cowboys orange trees & Marines. We were taught to shoot a Children. I always hated the blood & death & was laughed at. I remember when my Brother & wife looking at my pistol whipped face said "We're Good gun owners" overlooking the man meant to SHOOT ME!
aug 30, 2025, 3:37 am • 0 0 • view
Well that is a whole different subject
aug 30, 2025, 10:08 am • 0 0 • view
I feel sorry for the poor effing wildlife
aug 30, 2025, 12:44 am • 0 0 • view
I’m a vegan. Are you? Do you eat meat? We can also say that poor chicken kept in a small cage its entire life?
aug 30, 2025, 12:47 am • 0 0 • view
If everyone in America all went out and hunted, it would be chaos. Hunting risks the safety of other people, is cruel when the kill is incomplete and fouls the environment with lead shot. I do eat meat, yes. But i still don't like hunting.
aug 30, 2025, 7:30 am • 0 0 • view
I’m not fond of hunting; don’t do it myself. But, I will not judge responsible hunters. They don’t take a shot unless they have it. In a place like MN, there are a lot of deer. Hunting is the primary method of population control. Overpopulation, starvation & disease are not kind ways to die.
aug 30, 2025, 9:31 am • 0 0 • view
Now the chicken industry is undeniably cruel. The pork & cattle industry has cruelty also. So if you are going to judge, be fair and judge your food production also.
aug 30, 2025, 9:47 am • 0 0 • view
Regarding environment. Don’t kid yourself. There are many bad ecological impacts from modern farming methods. Here are some and this doesn’t even address the toxic chemicals that are used.
aug 30, 2025, 10:01 am • 0 0 • view
Yes there is a place for ethical hunting, it happens here in Australia too, but it's very problematic, not all hunters are ethical, brutality is rampant in our kangaroo culling. Have we moved beyond people running around the countryside banging off guns? Ethical animal husbandry is better solution.
aug 31, 2025, 2:14 am • 0 0 • view
Responsible gun owners have been known to hide their insecurities and SNAP!! Taking out whole Families... Coworkers Hated assembly CEO Responding police Nextdoor bar patrons On TV political opponents
aug 30, 2025, 3:31 am • 0 0 • view
I would say they are not responsible gun owners. Personally, I would not mind if guns were to disappear from our society. But that is not going to happen. So I say focus on getting rid of weapons of war. Implement reasonable gun control: universal background checks, red flag laws,
aug 30, 2025, 10:19 am • 0 0 • view
secure gun storage laws etc. Heck, require liability insurance.
aug 30, 2025, 10:20 am • 0 0 • view
I used to hunt. I never once found that I needed an automatic rifle or handgun to do it.
aug 29, 2025, 11:41 pm • 1 0 • view
Yep. There are responsible gun owners with rational guns that serve a purpose. And then there are weapons with no legitimate purpose that the NRA and gun lobby peddle for profit. I don’t hunt won’t judge hunters. I do judge the profiting off of selling weapons of war & making us all less safe.
aug 30, 2025, 12:32 am • 1 0 • view
Especially “people killers” AK47s
aug 29, 2025, 9:48 pm • 0 0 • view
I totally agree there is no legal purpose for weapons of war. For the people who say, target practice. I roll my eyes. But Fine. The person can go to a gun range licensed & insured to provide them for target practice and rent one. Spend a fortune on ammunition to make the person feel BIG 🙄
aug 29, 2025, 10:03 pm • 2 0 • view
Apparently you no longer need a fridge for ICE? Make of that what you will. @cnn.com
aug 29, 2025, 9:30 pm • 0 0 • view
Check police response times of any of the 25 largest cities. You will get an average time of 7-12 minutes. They won't tell you the top 50 longest times that could be 20+ minutes.
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