[PAA-Discuss] Gun ownership

[Alyssa Burgin]

Wait a minute--Susan Howard is a right-wing kook. Just as you don't want us
generalizing about gun owners, don't generalize about actors either. Susan
Howard; Texan, rightwing kook. Sad but true.

Maybe some of these other people are right-wing kooks too. Okay, not Michael
Moore, but maybe others...

Alyssa Burgin

On 7/25/07, David Courtney <david at chandrakantha.com> wrote:
>
> Sorry Randy, but that is not necessarily true.  When the government is at
> war with the people, we will all see it.  We may not place it within the
> same framework of world views, but we will still all see it.  Just because a
> person owns a gun, does not make them an uneducated Republican lackey.
>
> I think that you might be VERY surprised at the variety of mindsets which
> represent gun owners in this country;-)
>
>
> Here are some famous NRA members:
>
> Michael Moore (social activist, film maker)
> Susan Howard (Actress)
>
> Here are some registered gun owners:
> Bill Cosby (writer, actor)
> Joan Rivers (actress)
> Howard Stern (Shock jock radio personality)
>
> Here are some sites that might surprise you:
> http://www.armedliberal.com/ (as the name implies it is a site dedicated
> to gun owners with a liberal political perspective)
>
> http://www.pinkpistols.org/ (Gay gun owners)
>
> http://www.progunprogressive.com/ (politically progressive gun owners)
>
> Remember, as progressives we pride, ourselves in rising above the typical
> stereotypes which pervade our society.  The stereotype of the gun-toting,
> pickup truck driving, Republican, Redneck is just another example of a
> stereotype which is not necessarily true.  Adherence to stereotypes is both
> misleading and dangerous, whether it is left or right, it is still dangerous
> and misleading/.
>
>
> Peace and Solidarity
>
> David Courtney
> david at chandrakantha.com
>
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> On Jul 24, 2007, at 8:48 PM, RandyS wrote:
>
> *"In fact, if only ten percent of the 95 million gun owners had guts
> enough to fight, we would still outnumber the military almost 3:1."*
>
>
>
> The problem is that about 99% of those gun owners are the kind of
> undereducated, knuckle-dragging rednecks who will do whatever a Republican
> authority tells them to do. If they were likely to rise up and defend the
> Constitution and defend what America pretends to stand for, they would have
> done it already.
>
>
>
> The reason the antiwar movement is inneffective is because we don't
> believe in killing, not even killing murderers.
>
>
>
> Randy
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> Peace and Solidarity
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> David Courtney
> david at chandrakantha.com
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