I drink beer and talk to people, of all the things I do in life, it seems to be what I have proven best at.
Related to the graduate study I do, people often ask me thing I regard as silly that are inadequate conversation starters and are mostly accusations. The other night, I thought we were on one of these but it took a positive turn and ended in a place that I could neither answer nor appropriately question further.
I study hunting. I have hunted, will likely continue and own guns to do so. This fact strikes fear in the hearts of my liberal friends.
At the same time, I study hunting. I have hunted, will likely continue, and all the guns I own do exactly that. This strikes fear in my more conservative friends hearts because I only have and want guns for hunting.
I see no reason to own what I will call from here forward, Evil Black Guns (EVB). I am not concerned about a zombie Apocalypse. I am somewhat concerned about the current state of government, but I have been that way since I started voting and saw who else chose to vote and not vote. I see no purpose for someone who is not in armed combat to have the ability to launch belt fed automatic weapons fire or have a weapon that can carry 30-50 rounds in a magazine. I feel like such guns are for killing people and I worry that so many in the world are interest and equipping themselves to do so.
So, why have these guns? I could not defend this to the crazy with whom I was speaking. I get the coolness, I get part of the slippery slope that if these are taken away, next thing will be bolt actions, then all guns, then knives. At the same time, I feel quite comfortable equipping myself to kill animals with bolt actions, pumps and revolvers or, if need be, people with the same weapons as a last resort. If 6 shots doesn't solve the problem, I think I've got a bigger problem.
Thanks.