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[quote:f3736]But why do you want guns? It is simply something I don't understand.[/quote:f3736]

I'm sure it is a cultural thing. I just don't see anything wrong with it. I grew up with them. And there is where in the long run they will die out - there are not enough people, like Rudedog, passing on the tradition of gun ownership to their children.

[quote:f3736]my stance is the same there, that people have the right to live in a gun free society[/quote:f3736]

Aaahhh, that is the wall between us. Is it possible to have it both ways? I say I have a right to defend myself or even just to own a gun for pleasure and you say you have a right to live in a gun free society. I doubt that it is possible. Unless we divide up the globe, you can have the UK and Australia and we'll take the US. Sound fair?

[quote]Well except we are all taking from our own perspective. I was a social worker and worked in black communities in the US. My anti-gun beliefs stem alot from what I have seen, heard of and experienced./quote]

I'm sorry to hear that. I have done some social work in the inner city also. I think that in doing so it reinforced my belief in the human spirit. And I'm sure your right, my perspective was solidified by my father's experience.