From: "E.J. Totty", [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[...]
In view of this we all decided to stay at home next
polling day like last time. He must have been joking wasn't
he? We never found out since he sloped off muttering something
about us seeming naive. Well, are any of them worth voting for?
What about the UK Independance Party?
[...]
I agree with Steve:
[...]
Forget totally about parties, when it comes to shooting
at any rate. Most people (or politicians at any rate) seem to base
their opinion on guns with a healthy dose of bigotry, so it
doesn't matter what party they represent.
--snip--
In my experience support for shooting is more readily identified
by the location of the candidate, most representing urban areas
are anti and most representing rural areas are pro. That's why
we're in such big trouble in this country, because we have
one of the most urban societies in the world.
[...]
Bingo!
The same situation exists here as well.
The more developed - real estate wise - the more inclined
toward restrictions on firearms, although I will say the initiative
676 back in 1996 in Washington did surprise HCI, in that 70 percent
of the voters were against the proposed law.
It must be a matter of perception, because the antis were
flooding the media every day with their message. In the last month
of that ordeal, the SAF and the NRA went maximum with their
messages of doom. The effect worked, but not in the way they think.
Most people here own one of more arms, and it really is
a way of life for a lot of people. All it takes is the understanding that
the police are not going to be anywhere near you when the next
violent criminal decides to strike, and the idea of not being able to
offer any credible resistance is enough for most women to understand
that they are essentially 'meat', and the idea of being disarmed is
not very appealing at all. I don't know of any woman who is willing to
just 'lay there' while some pervert has his way, and then confront
themselves with the idea that not only might the rapist be an AIDS
carrier, but that he might dispatcher her permanently as well
when he is done with her. That idea does not sit well with women.
Better to be armed than to be dying or dead.
ET
--
I haven't had a look at the new census, but the 1990 census said
that 50% of Americans lived in towns with a population of 20,000
or less, so it is not surprising that Americans have fared better
than us on the gun issue. I've been to places in the US (like
the whole entire State of West Virginia!) where the only plausible
recreation is hunting or fishing.
Steve.
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