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Originally posted by Aurel
I find it strange that you guys get all upset when someone threatens to erode your right to own as many weapons as possible, but at the same time have no problem with the patriot act, the right for the president to throw you in jail for no reason, to spy on you without asking for permision first. If I was to get upset about somthing, I would start there, and worry about my right to own an automatic assault rifle on top of my multiple guns and rifles later on.
Aurel
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There is not necessarily any connection between gun ownership and support for the Patriot Act. How do you even make that connection? Most gun owners I know (myself included) that support our Second Ammendment rights also vehemently oppose the Patriot Act. You will find gun owners generally are the greatest supporters of individual freedoms, and the greatest opponents of an intrussive government.
Nobody is clamoring for the right to own an "automatic assault rifle". I'm not sure where you get that, either. You are increasingly sounding like a victim of the massive barrage of anti-gun propoganda circulating today. Your clear lack of understanding (and negative stereotyping) of gun owners, their motivations, their politics, and their firearms themselves all indicate that. Your statements demonstrate that you have no personal experience with, or exposure to, any of this. All you seem to know about guns and gun owners is simply regurgitated propoganda from the anti-gun crowd. It sounds like you have bought into most of it. That's too bad; you should make an effort to educate yourself a bit better on these topics. You will be surprised how far off the propoganda-fueled common wisdom really is.