Woolleybugger
Mayor
I have many friends in rural America. Almost all of them are avid hunters and owners of firearms of all types. They use guns responsibly most of the time with the exception of mass immature prairie dog shooting contests and coyote hunts. Every time a democrat gets elected to POTUS, they all buy more guns and ammunition. In 2008, two of them admitted that they bought Glocks the next day and tons of ammunition to add to the arsenal and ammo dump they call their home. We are talking about thousands of rounds being stored just in case. One day I asked them why they store so much ammo and have so many guns. They said that when the shit came down, they were going to fight back and that this hoard of weaponry was their last bastion against the mob. I asked what mob? The mob from the cities and from south of the border was the answer. These otherwise good men are convinced that we are just a catastrophe away from complete chaos and that they will be attacked. Never mind that they both live in a god forsaken town off I10 east of Tucson in prefab houses with not much to steal but their weapons and a large TV. Digby is all over this today and I found this passage that struck home to me.
"But it doesn't take much time reading through conservative websites to see what actually drives the desperate need to own high-priced killing machines. There is a vast, festering paranoia in conservative circles about the "looters" and "parasites" coming to take their hard-earned material possessions in the supposed coming debt-fueled collapse of society. There is continual worry about some dark-skinned assailant attempting to enter their home and potentially steal their property. Radio shock jocks react to stories about carjacking by demanding that more people carry guns in order to litter the streets with more "dead urban thugs." There are large segments of the population that want nothing more than to eliminate subsidies to the poor and then await the desperate masses who will supposedly come to their doorstep with a lead welcome. Ron Paul and Alex Jones' legions of followers have been told to "defend your supplies from those who refused to prepare" for the supposed riots coming when EBT cards are canceled. It's doesn't take much investigation of conservative media consumer attitudes to discover that these sentiments are shockingly widespread."
Digby.
Conservatives are being fed this crap by their associations, their media, their sporting culture and their buddies. Why we give a shit what rural america thinks about guns is beyond me. Urban dwellers face the real threats from guns and know that gun control is the only true answer eventually. Obama needs to step up to the plate now and get this ball rolling. Law abiding gun owners like my buddies are not the issue. Guns and their incredible power are killing our children in kindergarten. When is enough enough for you people? Piers Morgan said it best yesterday, bravo to Piers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/15/piers-morgan-newtown-kids-die-gun-control_n_2307357.html
"But it doesn't take much time reading through conservative websites to see what actually drives the desperate need to own high-priced killing machines. There is a vast, festering paranoia in conservative circles about the "looters" and "parasites" coming to take their hard-earned material possessions in the supposed coming debt-fueled collapse of society. There is continual worry about some dark-skinned assailant attempting to enter their home and potentially steal their property. Radio shock jocks react to stories about carjacking by demanding that more people carry guns in order to litter the streets with more "dead urban thugs." There are large segments of the population that want nothing more than to eliminate subsidies to the poor and then await the desperate masses who will supposedly come to their doorstep with a lead welcome. Ron Paul and Alex Jones' legions of followers have been told to "defend your supplies from those who refused to prepare" for the supposed riots coming when EBT cards are canceled. It's doesn't take much investigation of conservative media consumer attitudes to discover that these sentiments are shockingly widespread."
Digby.
Conservatives are being fed this crap by their associations, their media, their sporting culture and their buddies. Why we give a shit what rural america thinks about guns is beyond me. Urban dwellers face the real threats from guns and know that gun control is the only true answer eventually. Obama needs to step up to the plate now and get this ball rolling. Law abiding gun owners like my buddies are not the issue. Guns and their incredible power are killing our children in kindergarten. When is enough enough for you people? Piers Morgan said it best yesterday, bravo to Piers.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/15/piers-morgan-newtown-kids-die-gun-control_n_2307357.html
