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Why Gun Culture Is So Strong in Rural America
New York Times ^ | March 16, 2018 | ROBERT LEONARD

Posted on 03/16/2018 2:16:31 PM PDT by reaganaut1

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To: SoFloFreeper

Makes sense ...


41 posted on 03/16/2018 3:00:05 PM PDT by no-to-illegals (..There is no difference between liberals/rinos/moslems/illegals/lamestream media ...)
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To: reaganaut1

I live ‘rural.’ There are a lot of critters out here that want to EAT me, or my cats or my chickens, or raid my garden.

Shoot first, ask questions later!

This guy is a putz. A New York City Level PUTZ!


42 posted on 03/16/2018 3:00:30 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: reaganaut1

I would think the “Gun Culture” is stronger in Chicago where they shoot dozens of people per week.


43 posted on 03/16/2018 3:01:19 PM PDT by IC Ken
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To: reaganaut1

the socalled “gun culture” is similarly very very strong in NYC and other urban areas, too....just ask any resident who cares about his home, family, self...(the crime rate is astronomical in big cities as compared with most smaller or rural communities... you have to be prepared to defend yourself!)

besides, the NYT is hypocritical....
even if the NYT writers don’t personally carry, they are guarded by private security men all over their office building in NY


44 posted on 03/16/2018 3:03:07 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: reaganaut1
Why gun culture is so strong:
45 posted on 03/16/2018 3:03:51 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: RushIsMyTeddyBear

First of all, I’m sorry for your loss.

Secondly, I lost one of my goose hunting buddies to a shotgun suicide. NONE of us saw it coming, and NONE of us ever feared for our life when we were around him, thinking he was going to shoot us or harm his family. (He did neither.)

I still don’t understand it, but people hide their pain from others so well, it seems.

I, too, never though, ‘Well, Paulie offed himself. I guess the rest of us better give up our guns now, and stop having fun socializing shooting skeet and hunting!”

*Rolleyes*


46 posted on 03/16/2018 3:07:05 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set.)
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To: reaganaut1

Real world answers:
* Police aren’t minutes away, they may be hours away.
* Hunting is a viable way for many to add protein to the diet, while wild animals may threaten your safety or property.
So you NEED to be able to kill something on short notice.


47 posted on 03/16/2018 3:07:46 PM PDT by tbw2
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Why is reaganaut1 such a NeverTrumper? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Trump does not act like an adult. I hope someone else will be the Republican nominee in 2020. I know that some Trump supporters think he's a "fighter" because of stuff like this, but they would laugh at a Democratic president who did this. 1 posted on ‎10‎/‎10‎/‎2017‎ ‎1‎:‎11‎:‎18‎ ‎PM by reaganaut1 [ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies | Report Abuse]
48 posted on 03/16/2018 3:10:31 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here of Citizen Parents__Know Islam, No Peace-No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: reaganaut1

If someone has to have the so called ‘gun culture’ explained to them it means they don’t know much about America, our history and our timeless ideals.

When you live in a pigeon hole apartment in the sky, never touched a gun, never spent a night in a tent, don’t know how to drive, travel by public transportation, eat most meals in restaurants and your environment is almost entirely concrete it’s understandable that you don’t comprehend, or have empathy for, people who live in more conventional, traditional ways.

The left has become distant and alienated from the American ideals upon which the nation was founded and prospered for over 200 years. They consider themselves to be more evolved and look down on the rest of us.

When leftists speak of the constitution their interest is in changing it to correspond with their leftist/socialist/globalist views or eliminating it entirely.

So there is always talk here and other forums of why we should think about splitting the country up.

Some suggest a split of the elitist east and west coasts on one hand and heartland America on the other.

Others suggest a north - south split.

Maybe the best idea would be a split of city metro areas vs non-city.

Big city elitists are the constitutional outliers - not rural and small town Americans.

Notice that almost all the bad news that fills the newspapers and TV news emanates from the population centers - not small town America.

And for those elitists so concerned about the environment - it’s their cities where millions share relatively few square miles that generate most of the refuse, effluent, and emissions that city dwellers complain about.

They give us pollution then tell us how we should change our lives to compensate for it.

If elitist city dwellers in general don’t like America and the constitution (and they don’t) they should stay on their own turf, deal with their own problems (ie: Chicago and Baltimore) and leave the rest of us alone to live in freedom with the constitution as our guide.

Wall the cities off and let them function as city-states.
Let them kill each other off and run themselves and their environment into the ground!


49 posted on 03/16/2018 3:11:12 PM PDT by Iron Munro (If Illegals voted Republican 66 Million Democrats Would Be Screaming "Build The Wall!")
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To: reaganaut1
Why gun culture is so strong:
50 posted on 03/16/2018 3:14:02 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: reaganaut1
RATsplaining, feh... cause we aren't a bunch of limp wristed faggots that can put food on our won table and beholding to none
51 posted on 03/16/2018 3:16:27 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
So the NYT is going to tell its urban readers why gun culture is so strong in rural America? Let me guess - it has something to do with the fact that rural Americans are ignorant racists who want to use guns to shoot gays, blacks and women who get out of line.
IF they DID venture out to "rural America" with any shred of intellectual honesty they would be shocked at the number of women, Blacks, Latinos, and yes even gays who own firearms and use them safely and responsibly. Speaking of which, a dirty little secret, since the Pulse niteclub shooting gun stores around Orlando have seen an increase in LGBT clientele, they have an absolute right to defend themselves also.
52 posted on 03/16/2018 3:16:30 PM PDT by Impala64ssa (Islamophobic? NO! IslamABHORic)
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To: reaganaut1

“Taking away guns” will cause a bloody civil war leftists will lose.


53 posted on 03/16/2018 3:28:16 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (Demographics destroys cultures more completely than thermonuclear war.)
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To: Snickering Hound

I am in love! :)


54 posted on 03/16/2018 3:28:19 PM PDT by cpdiii
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To: Bryanw92

Ya know what? that may be the best description of a conservative American ive ever read. i intend to copy and use it from time to time. Well done!


55 posted on 03/16/2018 3:38:28 PM PDT by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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56 posted on 03/16/2018 3:39:10 PM PDT by 50mm (.. / -.. .. -.. / - .... .. ... / ..-. --- .-. / -. --- / .-. . .- ... --- -. .-.-.-)
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To: reaganaut1

Plenty of Democrats own AR-15s, they need to first go a on a purity spiral before they even get told by me to F off.


57 posted on 03/16/2018 3:39:14 PM PDT by junta ("Peace is a racket", testimony from crime boss Barrack Hussein Obama.)
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To: OttawaFreeper

Suicide Forest in Japan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FDSdg09df8


58 posted on 03/16/2018 3:39:19 PM PDT by 100American (Knowledge is knowing how, Wisdom is knowing when)
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To: Opinionated Blowhard
rural Americans are ignorant racists who want to use guns to shoot gays, blacks and women who get out of line

What a line of city slicker Beee Essss. Rural folks generally keep a shotgun for snakes & bird hunting, a .22 plinker for rabbits and other small varmints, a .30 something for medium/large game and an intermediate caliber for coyotes, hogs etc. Always been that way in my area for the 60 years I've been here. Can't think of any resident near me ever killed a gay, black or woman in these parts.

59 posted on 03/16/2018 3:41:59 PM PDT by redcatcherb412
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To: reaganaut1

I live in rural America and just today I built a new shooting bench for my backyard range. Next will be new backstops for my 100 and 200 yard targets.


60 posted on 03/16/2018 3:43:26 PM PDT by Comment Not Approved (When bureaucrats outlaw hunting, outlaws will hunt bureaucrats.)
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