Regular Guy
Plinker
Now it was my wife, but you also know how hard that can be. She is like a lot of people--not really interested in firearms as a sport and hobby, but not rabid anti gun either. And it's THESE voting people that we need to reach. She's commented in the past about my AR: "That thing looks like a machine gun!"
And so it went over the years as it does with a lot of people, she has her interests, I have mine. But with last weeks events, gun types are being heavily debated. My wife said, I don't see why anyone could possibly want an assault weapon (I hate that term, BTW.). I told her 75% of my guns fit that definition--semi-autos, at it's basic level. She had forgotten I had the AR.
I told her, to a gun owner, an AR-15 or AK-47 is desirable because of the performance and features. They are like the muscle cars of the gun world. I don't NEED my Firebird to go to the grocery store. But I like to drive it and tinker with it. Cars, like guns, are a harmless hobby to us responsible car and gun owners. What if someone used his Mustang GT to plow into a crowd of people on the sidewalk, and suddenly the NTSB wants to ban muscle cars? Why do I have to give up my car, or be unable to buy a new one, because someone else mis-used his?
She said, "Well, but...ok I see your point." She is a woman who likes to win her arguments, too, so I didn't crow about it.
And so it went over the years as it does with a lot of people, she has her interests, I have mine. But with last weeks events, gun types are being heavily debated. My wife said, I don't see why anyone could possibly want an assault weapon (I hate that term, BTW.). I told her 75% of my guns fit that definition--semi-autos, at it's basic level. She had forgotten I had the AR.
I told her, to a gun owner, an AR-15 or AK-47 is desirable because of the performance and features. They are like the muscle cars of the gun world. I don't NEED my Firebird to go to the grocery store. But I like to drive it and tinker with it. Cars, like guns, are a harmless hobby to us responsible car and gun owners. What if someone used his Mustang GT to plow into a crowd of people on the sidewalk, and suddenly the NTSB wants to ban muscle cars? Why do I have to give up my car, or be unable to buy a new one, because someone else mis-used his?
She said, "Well, but...ok I see your point." She is a woman who likes to win her arguments, too, so I didn't crow about it.