Get this:
Guns’ symbolic sexuality
You don’t have to be a disciple of Sigmund Freud to figure out one of the most basic reasons for the hysterical reaction of gun owners to any suggestion that some sort of controls should be established. A firearm is the ultimate phallic symbol in terms of its shape and ejaculation capability. Any restriction on possessing, carrying or using firearms is interpreted by many gun owners as symbolic castration.
When a gun owner fires his substitute penis he vicariously experiences a sensation similar to using the real thing. Shotgun owners get additional kicks from imagining that their ejaculation capability is multiplied. Possessing an automatic weapon offers the potential for multiple orgasms.
Ostentatiously brandishing a firearm provides its owner with an opportunity to engage in what amounts to a legalized form of masturbation in public. The most strident critics of gun control are probably the most impotent males in our country.
Female firearm fanatics (led by their poster girl, Sarah Palin) suffer from an extreme case of penis envy.
Vice President Biden has a monumental task confronting him when he seeks ways to reduce the slaughter we read about every day.
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http://www.newsreview.com/chico/letters-for-may-2-2013/content?oid=9764312
There are freepers who make these very same arguments when speaking about certain breeds of dogs. They sound every bit as ridiculous.