Commentary – What Do Hunters, Collectors and Sport Shooters All Have in Common?

By Justin Stakes

“If we do not hang together, we shall surely hang separately.” – Benjamin Franklin

Etobicoke, ON -(AmmoLand.com)- What do hunters, precision target shooters, action gamers, trap and skeet aficionados, black rifle owners, collectors and handgun shooters all have in common?

The answer to that question isn’t what you might think. It’s not even what you might want to think.

What each of these groups of gun owners has in common is that they all allow politicians and the media to pit us against one another in their very successful game of “divide and conquer”.

The common mantra from politicians and reporters alike who are too lazy to think for themselves is that “nobody needs that kind of gun” in Canadian society. They inevitably trot out someone identified as “an avid hunter” who “agrees” that “handguns have no place” in Canada, or “black guns are used only for killing people.” If politicians or reporters feel particularly generous that day, the argument might be posed that “maybe target shooting with a .22 handgun” is okay, but nobody needs one of those evil …Read the Rest

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