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[Brian37]

For being "so sick of it" we never hear of him DOING something about it - other than whine...

There's a lot of that in this thread. What have you done to make people less afraid of people who don't own guns?

BINGO! I am not afraid of firearm owners whom understand we have a problem and agree that we cant keep doing things the way we have been. But firearm owners should be afraid of the ones that have an "all or nothing" mentality. 

My friend from Oklahoma owns firearms, but he isn't afraid of me pointing out that we do have a problem, and he understands we can do better than what we are currently doing. 

In a politically pluralistic society one party does not get to dictate laws and both parties have a say. There is no political party oath to own a firearm and that means voters have a say and one party does not get to have everything they want 100% of the time, regardless of the issue, even outside of the issue of firearms.

Liberals own firearms too. And the vast majority of liberals are not looking to ban 100% of firearms. We merely argue that they should not be so easy to buy, nobody needs to stockpile them like they are going to war, and you don't need high capacity clips to hunt or defend your home. None of what I just said is a call for a fascist state. 

The firearm companies are using the same tactics selling fear, that the auto industry pulled in the 70s when Nadar told them their products were unsafe. Regulations forced the auto industry to make better designs, and employ seat belts air bags and crumple zones. The auto industry did not go out of business. The firearm ceos are doing what big tobacco did with "smoker's rights" lobbies in trying to hide the dangers of smoking and marketing to minorities and youth. The firearm companies are using the same lobbying of fear that the fossil fuel industry does in selling climate change denial. It is all fear based marketing to protect profits.

If people on the far right on this issue would simply stop buying the fear the industry lobbies government with, they would see that those who simply want safety, they would know we are not out to get them, we simply want more concern for public safety than the profits of the companies.