tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post8814139960039550871..comments2024-02-08T07:32:20.315-06:00Comments on Steve Bates - Yellow Doggerel Democratic Views: Your Cheery Sunday Morning: FBI Director Says Gun Laws Failed In Charleston MassacreSteve Bateshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-41332350938652416242015-07-13T11:07:59.003-05:002015-07-13T11:07:59.003-05:00I meant to mention that the list of city-dwelling ...I meant to mention that the list of city-dwelling gun users most certainly does include individuals who are members of more than one kind, e.g., "cop" and "criminal." I'm still contemplating whether "gun-toting white racist" should be defined as a separate kind or not. [/shudder]Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-15445484242190968792015-07-13T10:44:53.182-05:002015-07-13T10:44:53.182-05:00Good to see you on the threads, Mad! The thing I f...Good to see you on the threads, Mad! The thing I find most difficult to get past is the possibly legitimate difference in outlook between city-dwellers like you and me, and country folk like my maternal grandparents. To the latter, firearms are tools, necessary for daily life in an environment in which direct contact with food animals (either hunted or farmed) that must be killed, sick or injured animals that must be destroyed, dangerous critters like rattlesnakes or hogs gone wild (there's a reason for the expression "hog wild," and my farmer ancestors could tell you all about it from firsthand experience) that must be dispatched, etc. is inevitable. To the former, to us city folk, the list of gun users is a lot shorter: cops, criminals, gun nuts, and homeowners intent on providing any robber on their premises with a weapon he can use.<br /><br />It is no surprise that these broad classes of people have different and strong opinions on guns: for me (and probably for you), the fewer encounters I have with guns, the better; for my granddad, matters were quite different.<br /><br />I know of no resolution of this difference that does not leave one or the other class mad as hell. Got any solutions? Call 'em "magic bullets," I suppose... %-)>Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-872647804241988041.post-66970332703820291452015-07-12T23:59:03.246-05:002015-07-12T23:59:03.246-05:00So, not only do with have a terrible tragedy, but...So, not only do with have a terrible tragedy, but we can't even use it as a basis to do something about gun laws.<br /><br />Sigh.... Not that anyone's ever doing anything about guns anyway.Madeleine Begun Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12290268300271622956noreply@blogger.com