Gun Haters and Sticks & Stones …

By Ammoland

By Robert B. Young, MD

USA – -(Ammoland.com)- I’ve met a lot of people who like guns. Although a large number are older, white and male, there are increasing numbers of women, a mix of ethnic and racial groups, all religious identities (or none) and all ages from all walks of life.

We include all types of personalities, lifestyles and other interests. So we are pretty much like any mix of Americans, linked because we appreciate firearms and what we can do with them along with valuing our right to keep and bear them.

We may talk about ‘gun culture‘ but really there isn’t a gun culture. ‘People of the gun’ (POTG, a neat phrase) engage in many varieties of shooting and hunting activities, may admire the fine craftsmanship and history of firearms, or may depend on them as tools in their daily work or even for survival. Our non-firearm political causes are all over the map.

We are as many as half of all Americans, owning well over 300 million guns. We are unusually law-abiding. …Read the Rest

Source:: AmmoLand