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I can't shoot an automatic handgun with any accuracy at all. I'm better with a revolver, but in all honesty, I'm very aware that in all likelihood, any handgun would be taken from me and used against me. I try not to be delusional most of the time. But yes, Prohibition is a good example of what bans do. More people will own guns because they become attractive as forbidden fruit. Background checks and properly supervised sales will ensure that people who want guns and are not a risk to the populace at large can own them. My dad loved guns, and always had them. He kept them in a gun safe, he shot mostly at a range, and he was one of the range members who volunteered to teach gun safety to Scouts and other groups. I went to the range with him, and enjoyed it thoroughly. My objection to guns is the idiot boy-child holding it sideways like a freaking rap video, who couldn't hit the broad side of a skyscraper with a freaking howitzer. Personally, I say we take all these young idiots, put them in a locked arena, and let natural selection do its thing.

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::points to title:: Dragon Wench. 'Nuff said.

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I think, living in an urban center like I do, it colors one's perceptions as well. There is no real reason to own a gun within the confines of a city other than for self-defense, and if you need a gun to be safe, your problems are far larger than gun control. You also have the issue of young, largely ignorant and far from upwardly mobile males who treat guns as an extension of their manhood. The sad truth is that you can't legislate against stupid.

::nods:: And some of the most pitiless, emotionless people I've met have been female. I've known women who could turn off any emotional attachment like you would turnoff a running faucet. So, really, I try not to generalize myself.

Actually, not an anti-gun nut myself, but I've seen the same studies as DG, apparently. Look at Japan, for example.

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Reviving dead threads is perfectly normal around here. As new people join, we get new perspectives, and that's always good!

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Deeply, and for a very, very long time.

Honestly, we have never had a code for that, since unless it's interspecies/xeno/anthro, we've not much thought about it. I think a brief author's note at the beginning giving that as an additional code is fine, actually.

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My Teengirl still giggles about the effectiveness of a bow as wielded by a fairly cranky parent/Dungeonmaster.

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We can discuss those as well, pak, my love. The largest difference is that the left wing idiots are generally armed with the pro bono services of equally left wing lawyers, as opposed to guns.

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Exactly, and I heartily endorse both responsible gun ownership and hunting for food as opposed to sport. Well, mostly on the hunting. There are a few people I'd hunt for sport.