[Groesbeck Hurricane]

There are people with mental problems everywhere. They are born everyday. Some live "normal" lives for a time then "lose it." Others are lost to the "mainstream society" from day one.

You cannot take one person's actions and place that to the entire sub-group of a society! Not every Southener owns a pick-up. Not every pick-up owner is a Southener. Not every service member who served in a combat zone is going crazy nor do they need to be locked up and kept away from society.

Before you bash a person's hobby (I would assume that one of our shared hobbies is Porsches) you should look at the harm it does to society and wether that society has decided the hobby is proper/legal. Public smoking is a recognized hazard to all non-smokers. Illegal drugs take up societies resources, remove persons from being a productive member of that society, draw away government's tax income, increase crime rates in affected areas, etc. Alcohol kills brain cells and robs a person's ability to contribute to society over time. Knives and swords provide wonderful, and easily concealed, methods of doing harm to our fellow human beings. Automobiles are involved in the deaths of more persons in LA county in an average month than guns are in the entire country in an entire year, removing any police shootings.

As a society, we jointly decide what is right and moral. If enough people wish a change, things will change through our election processes. If enough people do not wish a change...

Anyone who "needs" the ability to fire multiple rounds per minute in order to harvest a deer does NOT need to own a weapon, IMHO. I do rather well with two .44 rounds in my rifle. I do like going to a controlled area and shooting...edit automatic/semi-automatic weapons edit...and can say it is fun to fire automatic weapons, though I personally prefer single action revolvers.

Maybe I shouldn't be hanging in this forum...