SHOOTING at the OLYMPICS

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Originally Posted by nearmiss

[COLOR=darkred][B][I]...It is just common sense to own a gun, for your personal protection and defense of your property.

After reading pretty much all the posts in here, all the arguments on both sides, what you wrote there mate pretty much sums everything up;

What seems like "common sense" for an individual, is derived from a person's innermost conviction and fundamental values, and that is the reason why - even though we lot sometimes seems to be very much alike - we are so different... surprisingly different.
For me and many others, the phrases "common sense" and "owning a gun" is a contradiction in terms.

My only input is; we quite clearly live in very different circumstances. We feel sorry for you guys having to live in a society where you can get your hands on leathal guns so easily, and you guys feel sorry for us not beeing able to "defend ourselves".

I really don't see any of us beeing able to convince "the other side" to change stance in this issue. I also know that there is no point for us Europeans trying to convince Americans (whith opposite opinion), as we are mostly beeing glanced upon as beeing "patronizing" when it comes to issues like this (health care included). IF there is to be a change in the US, it has to come from within.

cheers