The Anti-Gun Male

Jewish World Review ^ | 8 March 2002 | Julia Gorin

[the]

Like this?

Let your neighbors (and your local thugs) know where
you stand with this handsome lawn sign. This will also
assure you that if there is a gunman in the neighborhood,
your neighbors won't be bothering you for help.

From The Gun Free Zone, parody products.

[harpseal]

I do have a non waterproof SLR but the camera that goes anyplace has a waterproof housing and is not SLR. So many toys so few $.

Stay well - Stay safe - Yorktown

[Noumenon]

And you're right about guns, of course, but I have all too many expensive obsessions without adding another.

You don't regard a concern for your own life a worthy 'obsession'? You life has that little value? The other things are just toys. Your life isn't a toy. There's no moral equivalence here.

Check you premises. Then check your priorities.

[Noumenon]

...the pacifist seeks moral superiority by eschewing violence in a violent world they actually encourage more violence contrary to their specific intent.

They also seek moral superiority via the fallacy of attempting to establish the moral equivalency of any act of violence, whereby resistance to tyranny and atrocity occupies the same moral sphere. It's a desperate excuse required to evade the truth of their own cowardice.

[harpseal]

I do agree.

I do, however, exempt from any condemnation those pacifists who are willing to risk life and limb in porder to render aid and assistance on the battlefield. while I may fault their logic I can not fault their courage and courage is worthy of respect.

Stay well - stay safe- Stay armed - Yorktown

[Crowcreek]

Actually, he is a man in a state of suspended development. People fear that which they do not understand, and it is perfectly natural to fear a thing which has a risk potential -- like rock climbing, or guns).

Many men are likewise afraid of power tools -- especially the more fearsome of the breed, such as radial cut-off saws, and arc-welders. In the same vein, It has occurred to me that a large number of men are afraid of women -- not having developed a 'working familiarity' with them in developmental years.

There is no "Gun Fear Gene" . There is however, a very natural tendency to feel uncomfortable with firearms until you have developed an advanced level of proficiency with basic procedures -- loading/unloading, handling, etc.

This is why a person is usually better off with a revolver or single/doouble breakdown type of firearm to start with. It is inherently safer and less complicated.

[arm958]

To imply that because a man does not appreciate guns, that he has something wrong with him is macho BS.

I could care less if a man doesn't sppreciate guns, as long as he doesn't try to use the law to take mine away.

[AFreeBird]

bump

[mamelukesabre]

EXCELLENT. I emailed it to everyone I know.

[Joe Brower]

Pacifism does not necessarily preclude self-defense. If some people wish to be victims, then that is their right, but they have no right to demand that all of us dictate that our lives are subject to the whims of criminals. And anyone who will not act in their own self-defense, yet expects others to come to their aid simply because it is "their job", hold a point of view that is, at best, morally bankrupt.

I respectfully suggest, nay, urge, everyone here to read Jeff's Snyder's "Nation of Cowards". This collection of essays goes far deeper than the mere "right to own guns", and cuts to the ethical quick of the ideas and philosophies that underly all of our inalienable rights. Once you have read this book, you will never view the "gun debate" or the "gun grabbers" in the same way ever again, nor for that matter, the actions of our government in it's utlitarian desire to strip us of our rights and liberies.

Click on the graphic or HERE to purchase this excellent treatise on the moral obligations and responsibilities that are part and parcel of being a free people. The price is only $15 a copy and the book is a very quick and worthwhile read. It also makes for a great birthday or Christmas gift. Please note that I have no affiliation with the publisher or author of this book. My only motivation here is to inform and empower those of us who still know, honor, cherish and protect our human freedoms and dignity.

For a sample, I have the main essay from which the book is titled on my website in PDF format HERE .

[Euro-American Scum]

Thanks for the bump.

[Euro-American Scum]

If a madman kills somebody with a chainsaw, or deliberately drives a car into a kindergarten playground (as happened here in CA a couple of years ago), the news is on page 38 of the local section.

Not only that, but we hear how we must be tolerant and compassionate. We must understand his rage, born of years of oppression at the hands of evil conservative Republican fat cats.

[rmvh]

Re your # 21

Sophistry in support of the disarming of American citizens will get you nowhere.

Suggest you rest and stay away from lunar radiation that can impact brain function and result in poor logic. A tin suit may help.

Nonetheless, have a nice day.

[Euro-American Scum]

So even though I'm a bit wimpy as a man, and cheerfully acknowledge that fact, I don't want to ban guns.

You are consistent, I'll give you that.

I have a gun enthusiast friend who once asked me to participate in a little friendly target shooting. I was actually starting to get into it, when the last gun I tried tore off a healthy bit of skin from the recoil because I was holding it wrong.

You see, this puts the lie to your claim of wimpdom. You actually were getting into it. Then you got hurt due to a faulty technique. Could be you weren't instructed in the proper grip. Could be you just did it wrong that one time. But you were getting a certain amount of enjoyment out of it.

Some food for thought: Take a good training course in fundamentals. If you would care to email me privately, I would be happy to provide you with some organizations that do a very good job at this. Then go out to the range again. I'll bet you just love it. And then you'll be hooked. And I'll bet you dinner on this at the San Fernando Valley eatery of your choice if this isn't so.

Perhaps the key to this is that I acknowledge that I'm not a macho gun guy.

Maybe so. But I think if you'll look a little deeper, you'll discover a certain amount of machismo built in. It just comes with all that testosterone.

PS I love high-density urban areas because they make for great restaurants.

Can't hardly argue with you there. Although us suburban types have made some great strides in this area in recent years. -:)

[Blood of Tyrants]

That sentence stood out to me, too. Perfectly describes wimpy liberals everywhere.

[Tomalak]

I found this article fairly compelling, but I wouldn't have wanted to write it myself. Claiming that people who disagree with you are somehow psychologically flawed is a nasty trait of the Liberal Left that good men should not seek to imitate. Arguments are won not by screaming "homophobe" and silly phrases like that, but by treating your opponents with respect and assuming that they think they have good reasons for believing something. When you show their reasoning to be unsound, you win arguments. I have never seen anyone win an argument by making out that disagreeing with him must mean you are nuts.

[MotleyGirl70]

Of course, sexual and psychological insecurities don't account for ALL men against guns.

A/K/A Soccer moms dads

LOL! Poor saps!!!

[muir_redwoods]

I'm sorry to disagree with you but pacifism is a luxury only made sustainable in the presence of others who will protect the pacifist. Those who say they will not fight for anything have never held their own child.

[Noumenon]

Those who say they will not fight for anything have never held their own child.

Jsut so. Pacifism is morally and philsophically indefensible. There is no high ground there - just a morass of contradictions...

[harpseal]

Sophistry in support of the disarming of American citizens will get you nowhere.

Where on eath did you ever get the idea I was supporting disarming American Citizens. Anyone who has that idea has not read my post(s) and anyone who thinks disarming the American citizenry ois a good idea is an enemy of liberty, a nutcase such as the original author described , or a total fool. They could also be a combination of the three.