noelani

The reason you got support instead of argument is that the wimpy Canadian boy was sleeping in and missed it.

Seriously though, I don't have an argument exactly. I have respect for your informed, forthright and honestly well-expressed opinion... and also I have a completely different opinion of my own that is opposed to yours in most significant ways

Read more (much much much more) if you are interested over here in my journal. It got sooo long that I couldn't bear to post it here.

And also "Mmmmmm...cookies."


DreamMaker

Ha... funny to buy such things with checks like that. I'd like to comment on your gun journal entry. Personally I'm not a big fan of guns they have just never appealed to me. I'd rather go out and shoot pictures instead of a gun (there's an interesting poem I read once about that). I've shot guns before as a kid and the interest just never stuck with me. Many people don't obtain or use guns responsibly, and that's where the problem lies. Unlike these types people you have seem to overcome your previous fear of them by educating yourself. If more people acted in this manner such as you have, then we would have more responsible gun owners. But thats not the reality, most don't, you happen to be one of the exceptions. Ultimately guns are instruments desgined to do one thing... kill. Obviously that's never a good thing. Even in self defense cases... killing someone can be a very heavy ordeal.(ofcourse you gotta do what you have to do under such circumstances) .But they're here, and woven in to the fabric of our culture going back to the old west. And, I suppose for some people they are a necessary evil. Going to a shooting range is more of a sport or recreational training way of learning how to use a gun, and I don't see anything wrong with that. Happy shooting. When you get really good try making a smiley face on the target and post a pic of it on here.