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Originally Posted by firstdown
You guys need to agree to disagree and stop the name calling.
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Your comment has fallen on deaf ears.
At this point, the thread should probably closed. RR and I have made our case, and giantone's helped make it too.
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Originally Posted by Giantone
Nope .
Urban Dictionary: gun nut
(snip)- usually used playingly by oneself or by other firearms enthusiasts in this sense. Often associates with people with similar interests.
(snip) - usually used derogatively by non-gun people, particularly those who are scared of firearms.
Me: I keep my AR-15 mags loaded with hollow points for reduced penetration and higher stopping power for riot protection.
Everyone else: You're just another dangerous Second Amendment freak, a raving gun nut. |
Gee, and which usage was yours, giantone? Thanks for proving where the name calling started.
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Originally Posted by Giantone
gun nut
Web definitions - The gun culture is a culture shared by people in the gun politics debate, generally those who advocate preserving gun rights and who are generally against more gun control. ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_Nut
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From your own link, the part you dishonestly left out: (giantone lying again, what a surprise) Bold mine.
"To some gun owners, it is embraced affectionately, such as in the popular outdoors magazine Field and Stream which has a column called "The Gun Nut".[10]
However to others it is regarded as a pejorative stereotype cast upon gun owners by anti-gun advocates as a means of implying that they are fanatical, exhibit abnormal behavior, or are a threat to the safety of others.[11][12][13][14][15] The term has additionally been used at times by some law enforcement agencies to describe a profile to categorize criminal suspects.[16][17]"
So yeah, at the point where folks have pretty much stated their case, and giantone's left defending name calling and looking rather foolish doing so as RR points out, I think we're done here.