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That argument can only really hold water when it comes to the U.S., though, and there has been disarmament in a number of other countries that I think would be difficult to attribute to racism.<br><br>It surprises me that nobody has brought up the urban/rural divide on the gun issue. I think there are definite, pragmatic reasons why city-dwellers all over seem to be in favor of gun control in greater proportions than their rural counterparts. And personally I don't think it would be unreasonable to accommodate both parties by limiting those who can carry firearms in dense urban areas while leaving the rural areas alone.<br><br>--
"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set." -- Lin Yutang<br><br><br><br>> Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:40:49 -0400<br>> From: brunians@brunians.org<br>> To: urth@lists.urth.net<br>> Subject: Re: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe<br>> <br>> Craig Brewer writes:<br>> <br>> > What interests me ... is the culture that has grown up (in<br>> > America, I suppose I should say) around the gun debate. It seems that<br>> > we’ve been forced to take sides as if we’re for arming every<br>> > able-bodied citizen to protect us from the unwashed masses<br>> <br>> I am as fervent a supporter of the right to arm oneself as anyone, and I<br>> thought we were armed to protect ourselves from the government. Where do<br>> you get this unwashed masses bit? It is the disarmers who fear the<br>> consequences of armed unwashed masses, especially when they are non-white.<br>> <br>> > or that we have to be labeled naïve<br>> > pacifists who blind themselves to potential dangers.<br>> <br>> Rather, people who have been well-programmed or (more kindly) who have not<br>> yet shaken off their programming.<br>> <br>> Your further representations of what people on each side of the argument<br>> 'believe' seems to me to be somewhat inaccurate and reflective, in parts,<br>> of a high level of ignorance: semi-automatic weapons are in fact used for<br>> sport, both for hunting and for target shooting:<br>> <br>> http://hunting.about.com/od/toppicks/tp/tp_auto_rifles.htm<br>> <br>> Also I really do think that sublimated racism and a coordinated and<br>> decades long media campaign has more to do with anti-gun attitudes than<br>> anything else.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> .<br>> <br>> <br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Urth Mailing List<br>> To post, write urth@urth.net<br>> Subscription/information: http://www.urth.net<br><br /><hr />Windows Live™ Groups: Create an online spot for your favorite groups to meet. <a href='http://windowslive.com/online/groups?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_groups_032009' target='_new'>Check it out.</a></body>
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