A few years ago I would have agreed with that 100%. What I've personally seen in the last few years has changed my perception though.
In YOUR circles and MY circles I'd say your statement is a fact. However, there's a metric shit ton of fucking morons out there who own guns and they are anything but "safe & responsible" gun owners.
People like the family involved in this horrible situation for instance.
I started shooting around 6 years old and hunting at 12 or 13. Through my entire childhood ALL the guns in the house were kept locked up. Even after I turned 18, my guns were still kept in my dads safe and I didn't have the combination. When I moved out, I got my own locking gun cabinet. To this day, I am the ONLY person who has the combination to my safe. Not even my wife can get into it.
I carry a gun daily and currently shoot an average of 4 days a week. That puts me around other shooters quite a bit. It amazes me how some of these clowns treat their weapons and the people around them. There isn't a day that goes by where I don't find myself correcting somebodies unsafe practices. Then there are the fucktards who grab a truck full of guns, fill their coolers with beer, and take their friends and family shooting. I see this type of tool on a regular basis. As soon as they show up, I leave the area.
I am VERY MUCH pro gun and I believe that those who are truly responsible should have the right to own and carry. But if you're going to stand there muzzling people with your "gat" while chugging a beer and ranting about your Constitutional rights then you can fuck right off as far as I'm concerned.
