Hugh, I think you're projecting, which is inevitable on this thread. I own firearms, but don't "like guns". I do enjoy target shooting, taught my daughter the responsibility of firearms as my dad taught me (our local range is the hyperbole of safety and at 12-y-o they recognized her safe conduct and let shoot at her own stand - of course I was in the stand right beside her). It's not something I do with the frequency of cycling (reblocked a scope two years ago and haven't sighted it in yet). I'm not an NRA member, and generally don't like them. I think my post stands without hyperbole and the specific example I cited is the most phenomenal hypocrite on the planet. He has and continues to make tens of millions from gun violence. I honestly get Tarantino - he's a Japanese cartoon for grownups. And what he does has no more semblance to reality than the video that opened this thread. The hyperbole is your perceived threat from people in cars who may have a firearm. If a person in a car wants to kill you on your bike, he doesn't need a firearm. He can kill you without leaving a mark on his car. A person in a car with a firearm is more likely to be a stable person, as statistics prove.
On Thursday, April 14, 2016 at 12:27:13 PM UTC-5, Hugh Smitham wrote: > > Ron, > > I like you and I like that you like bikes and I'm okay with you liking > guns. What I don't like is your hyperbole regarding this thread. These are > good peoples opinions who feel there is too much anger and hostility out in > the world and a lot of it by unhinged people driving cars with guns who > have a thing against cyclists. Yes there is a lot hypocrisy in the world > and Hollywood is no different than any self serving enterprise in the world > get over it! > > On guns. They in themselves are not dangerous. Human beings on the other > hand can be as we've seen played out time and time again. Sensible gun > control is the right thing to do, deep background checks, psychological > checks, longer wait times and closing the gun show loophole. Also assault > rifles have no business outside of the military. > > However, cars are far more dangerous. We will give an auto licence to > anyone and the impatience level with drivers towards cyclists is crazy > short. Not to mention the other societal ills their existence causes. > > > http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2016/04/absurd-primacy-of-the-car-in-american-life/476346/ > > Jon is totally right we don't need to give these crazies any ideas. > > I think one of the things that disturbs me to the core is the fact that we > as a nation can't seem to reach out to others to find common ground, > nowhere is this more evident than the current political morass we see > playing out before us. One of the things I like about this group is that > it's very accommodating to others viewpoints. I know some think we're a > bunch of grouch's with narrow viewpoints regarding bike's but I think > that's an unfair description. > > My .02 > > > > > > > > ~Hugh > > “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep > moving.” ― Albert Einstein > > http://velocipeedemusings.com/ > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
