[RedMonqey]

I think I understand the point this guy is trying to make. This is no longer the America where a boy could carry a .22 down the side of the road to go plinking and not raise an eyebrow.

This America has been “suburbanized” and conditioned (Think housewives and grey flannel suits)to be afraid of anyone armed, with the exception of police.

They probably don't own a gun nor know anyone who does. In their America, only criminals and rednecks are packing.

It's a visual viewpoint not necessary a political one.

I don't agree but alot do...

[Dan Nunn]

This is no longer the America where a boy could carry a .22 down the side of the road to go plinking and not raise an eyebrow.

Which is why we aim to gain some of that back.

[El Gato]

This is no longer the America where a boy could carry a .22 down the side of the road to go plinking and not raise an eyebrow.

.22? Several of my high school classmates and I road down a main arterial street, in the state's second largest city (then about 125,000, now more like 175,000, IIRC) , if a somewhat older part of it, with 12 and 20 gauge shotguns accross the handlebars of our bicycles. We were on our way to do a little pheasant hunting, just outside of town. No one even tooted their horn at us. :)

Some years earlier I was talked to by a police officer on foot patrol in our little business district. He wanted to know where I was going with that BB gun, and what I planned to do with it. I told him I was headed to my Great Uncle's place just accross the highway, which I was. He said, fine, be careful, and have fun.

[little jeremiah]

You live in a different state/county than I do, for sure.

Obviously America (at least the part you’re referring to) needs to change its conditioning.