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Truth, Why Antis Hate Gun Owners.

So if you take away theories of government takeovers, Socialist agendas, and invasions of personal rights what's left to create such hostility.
The reality is, gun owners have the simplest ability to exercise a constitutional right. Many of the rights that are granted in our Constitution and Bill of Rights, require detailed actions on the person wishing to exercise a particular subject, located in these documents. Why the First Amendment does guarantee certain expressions, those expressions are not automatically interpreted as an exercise of that constitutional right. However citizens in this country have the ability to simply create an object or purchase one. And they have already guaranteed the ability of exercising a right. And firearms owners do so really never having to fully exercise that right. The right to bear arms, can simply be translated in the ability of one person to use a firearm. However simply having that ownership alone automatically grants you your second right. Tada !!

It is why the simplicity of the Second Amendment is challenged by many others. Those who wish to change laws, interpret actions of constitutional rights, have a huge challenge ahead of themselves to work on the object and the possession of that objects being viable. When all other constitutional rights take much more involvement to accomplish. Our First Amendment right does give those several options, but to make those viable it takes more than simply uttering words to crowd to make a difference to show that you've exercised that First Amendment rights. However a simple purchase automatically grants that person the ability to have that firearm in their possession.
It is with this simple possession of a firearm, the animosity is created. Human nature dictates that others want what they cannot have. Why yes the anti-gun crowd could simply possess a firearm exercise their right and understand how easy it is. However they have been taught to have fear, not knowledge. Have you ever looked at the amount of anger that is generated by all ages within the anti-gun crowd? Yes, some of this is milled to create a response. But it cannot simply be all persons in this vast amount unless there is a reason. And that reason is you and I exercise our freedom so easily. That this challenges others and feeling uncomfortable with the fact that we enjoy our freedom so easily. When they have to fight much harder for other rights, that are not exercised so simply.

In closing, of course there are many other aspects such as school training, the media, and many other aspects that add to the animosity that you and I share as firearm owners. But the reality is there's only one thing different between what we have and what they have. And that is exercising a right that is easily attained. You may call it jealousy, or uneducated views. But the reality is they want what we have, and they want it attained as simple as we do. But they find that there's much due diligence involved, in guaranteeing other constitutional rights. As we see generation after generation becoming more lazy, their ability to effect change no longer is done by respectfully disagreeing. Its now done by riots and hate.

This is simply my opinion, when looking at the huge amount of hatred towards gun owners. That alone is still not enough to have the masses reject the Second Amendment so openly.
If you ever sat and wondered why anyone would want you to exercise your rights?
This is my take why as its been so long coming, long before media power and social media, and shows clear they simply want their own desired rights attained as easily.

DH.
 
It's always difficult to pigeonhole your enemies. Witness: The armed faction of the Anti-gun (more like Anti-Everything) crowd as represented by ANTIFA.*


What better way is there than to use guns against pro-gun owners? Perhaps they are expecting a German like response?

You know....causing riots in the streets, etc....

Rrrright. Enough trouble so that the Govt steps in to control guns. Hummmmm.....by having everyone get a permit and of course, the police will determine if you are eligible (just like in Germany). Read as: NOT a political enemy or undesirable individual.

So then.....
Are you an NRA member?
Did you vote for a Republican?
Are you a member of a Union?
Do you read or post in pro guns forums?
Why do you even need to have more than one firearm?
If you have firearms in your home. Certainly, the police should be able to check whenever they want to. Just to ensure that your guns are being kept safely.

OMG....so much common sense.o_O

Aloha, Mark

*For anyone in the video claiming NOT to be ANTIFA. Well, I apologize.
 
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Truth, Why Antis Hate Gun Owners.

Not really. To them Gun = Violence.

We say "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun" and they hear "The only way fight a fire is to dump gasoline on it" gee gun owners are sure dumb

To them any firearm not locked in a safe without ammo or in a cops holster is an Negligent Discharge just waiting to happen.

Also, since most firearms found on criminals are stolen from legal gun owners, it is all our fault for arming them.

Protesting and writing dumb laws makes them feel like they are virtuous and "Doing something" to solve the problem.

It is fear based out of ignorance stoked by the news and entertainment media.
 
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Some good points, but of the posts in this thread, I think it mostly comes down to this:

Guns are power. Arms (of any type) represent individual power that can (at least theoretically) counter the power of "the mob" (majority vote - the populace), the power of the government, and the power of those in power (in office, etc.). That power represents a threat to any entity that does not want individuals, in and of themselves, to have that power. Another way to think of it is as another form of enforced conformity to the majority opinion. In that way, arms are a very stark representation of non-conformity, of individual non-conformity - of resistance to the majority, and therefore a threat to the majority.

Groups are threatened by any representation of the ability of individuals to exercise freedom. Whether it is speech or action or even just simple possession of some item.

Firearms are not the only item that threatens the majority. E.G., motorcycles are a somewhat visceral representation of an exercise of freedom - even if it is mostly subconscious to those threatened by them. Another representation is the ability and tendency of some people to live outside of urban areas, even more so if they go "off-grid".

Looking back at history, we have seen increasing control over these kinds of individual freedoms. Sometimes it has been because someone abused their freedom - e.g., used firearms to commit crimes. Then those who are threatened by individuals exercising freedoms, will use those actions as an excuse to curtail freedoms. But it isn't just gun laws, it is laws of almost every kind. It is getting increasingly difficult to have any privacy, much less independence from the rest of society and government, because that in general represents a threat to the power/control of the majority and the government.
 
Just as there are many different types of gun owners and collectors , there will be as many , if not more of those that do not like guns , gun owners or the idea of gun ownership for whatever reasons they have.

What is one man's truth is often just his perception...and perception at times , can mean more or have more importance than the actual truth...
Andy
 
"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. Fanatics will never learn that, though it be written in letters of gold across the sky. It is the prohibition that makes anything precious." — Mark Twain

There as many ways to pursue happiness as there are people in this country. And as long as they are not harming another citizen, more power to them, even if I may or may not understand their reasoning. The nation loses its way when there is a drive to end a freedom via state coercion. Sadly, for so many, there isn't even a second thought about using the law to bludgeon others into how they think they should live.
 
A lot of them are restricted or do not feel they would be able to control themselves to use a gun safely, therefore they feel orhers can not use guns properly or safely.
It's called projecting, and a sign of mental illness.
 
Not really. To them Gun = Violence.

We say "The only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun" and they hear "The only way fight a fire is to dump gasoline on it" gee gun owners are sure dumb

To them any firearm not locked in a safe without ammo or in a cops holster is an Negligent Discharge just waiting to happen.

Also, since most firearms found on criminals are stolen from legal gun owners, it is all our fault for arming them.

Protesting and writing dumb laws makes them feel like they are virtuous and "Doing something" to solve the problem.

It is fear based out of ignorance stoked by the news and entertainment media.


^^^ THIS!!! ^^^ It's mostly what I pick up from people around. What drives the powers that be is maybe a diff story.

A lot of them are restricted or do not feel they would be able to control themselves to use a gun safely, therefore they feel orhers can not use guns properly or safely.
It's called projecting, and a sign of mental illness.

Yes well, all liberalism is a sign of mental illness or maladjustment. :p

I have two friends that live together, a guy and his galpal. The guy friend bullies his woman into getting rid of her revolver she kept for SD. Why? ... Because he was afraid she would shoot him. But since he is a liberal that I know fairly well, IMO he is also afraid he would lose his temper or even shoot somebody accidentally (they once had a drunk 20something bangiin on their back door).
 
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"Nothing so needs reforming as other people's habits. Fanatics will never learn that, though it be written in letters of gold across the sky. It is the prohibition that makes anything precious." — Mark Twain

There as many ways to pursue happiness as there are people in this country. And as long as they are not harming another citizen, more power to them, even if I may or may not understand their reasoning. The nation loses its way when there is a drive to end a freedom via state coercion. Sadly, for so many, there isn't even a second thought about using the law to bludgeon others into how they think they should live.

Everybody (right and left) wants to rule the world, even if they have to do it by proxy (government).

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Just as there are many different types of gun owners and collectors , there will be as many , if not more of those that do not like guns , gun owners or the idea of gun ownership for whatever reasons they have.

What is one man's truth is often just his perception...and perception at times , can mean more or have more importance than the actual truth...
Andy



I reject your reality and substitute my own. :s0002:
 
Another driving factor for the antis is the bizarre notion that government can decide what you "need" and "don't need". I, naturally completely reject such a notion, both for practical and philosophical reasons. My family and I can best determine our "needs" and much more readily than some jackass in an overpriced suit in the capital.

One relatively recent example was there was a bill proposed, and fortunately didn't pass, by a state representative to completely ban studded tires due to the added wear and tear on the roads. He represented a district in Portland and when challenged on the idea, sniveled out something like "you really don't need them." Well, maybe if you ride a bike or drive a Prius only in Portlandia, that might be the case. However, I used to live in a small community at an elevation of 2,800+ feet. Due to it being out east, the aforementioned elevation, and the fact it was on a high plain that had the air pushed out of the Columbia River crossed said, it got damn cold during the winters. Temps in the teens (sometimes below zero), snow, ice, freezing fog, sleet, hail, and the rest. Not to mention some pretty rough roads and deep canyons. I can assure you, studded tires were a handy thing to have.

Similarly, there are needs that our firearms meet, regardless of whatever tomfoolery some in Salem engage in..
 
Actually not very many people hate gun owners, the media just tries to make it look that way.NOBODY has given me crap about owning firearms:confused:
 
The only people who know I own guns are people I already know well, like family, close friends, range members, etc. It doesn't surprise me those people don't hate me.

I don't believe hatred of gun owners is a personal thing, heck, some of the folks I mentioned above may hate gun owners, they just don't hate me, personally.

Not to put too fine of a point on it but I believe a lot of people in Washington State absolutely hate the NRA, with a degree of passion that's almost unimaginable. My belief is most of this stems from politics. Even if you're not a member, you're one of "them".
 

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