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Same, but I suspect there's a bit of selection bias going on there in both our cases. I just don't think I'd be able to sustain a friendship with the kind of person who owns guns and handles them irresponsibly, and I expect the same might be true of you.



You’re spot on - everyone who I know who “does gun” has an extremely hostile reaction to people who handle them irresponsibly.

And those people are often irresponsible in many other ways, too.


Except everyone who "has a hostile reaction to people who handle guns irresponsibly" has a story of a range or person they know who does exactly that, and their response is simply to stay away, instead of narcing on them and making the community safer at the expense of being a tattle tale.

So there are plenty of people who call themselves "responsible gun owners" but turn a complete blind eye to bad behavior.

Or they will keep a loaded gun in their bedroom for home defense, something that is outright NOT responsible gun owner behavior, yet is the primary cited reason people own guns in the US.




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