[marktwain]

Anti gun types, as most anti-freedom types, tend to be very intolerant.

[SolidWood]

What kind of people are gun owners?

Free people.

[Joe Boucher]

I am multi gun, gun owner.
Gots a new auto shotgun on order to go with all my other toys.

[T.L.Sink]

There are millions of gun owners in America and since Obama was elected news reports tell us that the purchase of firearms has been booming. Despite the disproportionate noise and influence of anti-gun crusaders, guns are an inherent part of American history and culture as well as a constitutional right. I don’t think any generalities can be made about these millions who represent a cross-section of our population.

[wastoute]

Anti gunners know what we know. If they persist in their tyranny our guns are meant for them. This is why they hate them and us. Simple.

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[LRS]

Several good points. But the one that stuck out to me:

The anti gunners will try to tell you that people who carry firearms for protection are mentally imbalanced individuals who see danger lurking in every shadow and are looking for any excuse to sling lead. But the truth is, we just want to be left alone to live our lives in peace. If a criminal tries to take our lives, we are prepared to meet force with force.

The last thing in the world I want to do, is having to shoot someone. Heck, I don't even want to hurt 4 legged critters. And as long as I am left alone, the only other reason I can see for shooting someone, (or something), is saving the life of an innocent.

But let me add this to the general topic of "What kind of people are gun owners?". There are also people who just like to collect things, including guns, which can be compared to works of art, and there are some people who own guns, simply because they can...

[bimbo]

... we don't go in and try to prevent the anti-gunners from exercising their right to free speech.

and there in lies the advantage of the Left: they have no qualms about restricting the free speech of those who disagree with them.

[umgud]

The news media, Hollywood and academia promote perception and while it’s not always reality, they try to set the stage for what we as a nation believe.

[padre35]

Perhaps one who realizes:

“Take for instance some users on who don’t like guns. One individual (warning, profanity) has stated he will intentionally “bury” any pro-gun story posted to Digg, and has gone on a crusade against one of the Gun Rights Examiners to keep him from promoting his articles. He even brags about his actions in his profile:

If you post in favor of Ron Paul, guns, or any other crackpot porn I *will* bury you. Tip of the day, nobody listens to you because YOU ARE FULL OF ****. **** off and die kthx”

This cannot be allowed to stand, if gunowners are cut off from youth of today, we will become the UK only much more quickly.

It makes more sense to deal with this now by swarming and over running the deluded such as that dude sob, then to do nothing.

[Larry Lucido]

People you wanna be polite to.

[Erik Latranyi]

Liberals do not trust their fellow citizens.

That is why they do not trust firearm owners to do what is right.

That is why they do not trust the free market to do what is right.

That is why they do not trust capitalism to do what is right.

That is why they do not trust religion to do what is right.

Liberals view all of the above as flawed and believe only THEY can fix them.

[Condor51]

All the gun grabbers, starting with the Brady Bunch should immediately:

• Remove all Fire Extinguishers from their houses.
  (They don't intend on starting their house on Fire so why are they "needed"?)

• Remove all Smoke Detectors from their houses.
  (They don't intend on starting their house on Fire so why are they "needed"?)

• Cancel their Home Owners Insurance.
  (They don't intend on doing anything that will destroy their house so why is it "needed".)

• Cancel their Car Insurance.
  (They don't intend on getting in an auto accident so why do they "need" it?)

• Remove the spare tire from their cars.
  (They don't intend on getting a flat so why is it "needed?"

• Cancel their Health Insurance.
  (They don't intend on getting sick so why do they "need" it?)

• Cancel their Life Insurance Policies.
  (They don't intend on dying so why do they "need" it?)

'WE' don't "need" a lot of things, but we have them -- "Just In Case". So a Firearm is just like a Smoke Detector or 'Insurance'. But these arguments would go flying right over the gun grabbers empty heads.

And as to those 'ugly', scary looking, black rifles that we don't "need". Well, I may think a gun grabber doesn't "need" the car he owns. It may be a Van, but I may say he only "needs" a Toyota Corolla. I'd bet he'd get just a little ticked if his Van was 'outlawed' because someone said he doesn't "need" it.

[BuffaloJack]

Gun Owners are good people, probably the best there are.

[Flatus I. Maximus]

I *will* bury you

Isn't that what Kruschev said to Kennedy back in 1961?

Heh. Leftists. The more they change, the more they stay the same.

[behzinlea]

This gunowner is an upper middle class professional and family man. I’m also a longtime gunowner (since age 12) and am on my way to take a class to qualify for my concealed carry permit this morning. I have to leave early to get a place in the expected crush of applicants. See everyone later!

[TADSLOS]

Bitter, bible readin’ clingers on, that’s who. /s/

[Dr.Zoidberg]

Gun owners are free citizens, they are not slaves nor wards of the state.

[angelcindy]

My brother in law sells guns and the people that buy them are...judges..lawyers.doctors,priest,policemen,every walk of life he has sold to.and they are all good people.

[JamesA]

I am a gun owner. I am a Christian and I am an American. I took an oath to serve and protect the constitution of the United States of America against all enemies foreign and domestic, like millions before me. Therefore; I will stand my ground and I will not back down. What is the cost of Liberty? Are you willing to take a stand or is it simply lip service? So if push comes to shove, “lead, follow or get the hell out of my way.”

[NavyCanDo]

Show up on Ladies Night and Wade's Eastside Guns and indoor Range in Bellevue, WA and you will smash to pieces the stereotypes of gun owners.

http://www.wadesguns.com/

Any night for that matter. You meet some great people there.

[yazoo]

There was a time, even when I was a kid, that owning a gun was no different than owning a tv set or a toaster.