Originally Posted by **********

I don't know if this is true or not, but let's say that it is. There's a really big difference though, and this is going to insult alot of you: Americans are AFRAID OF EVERYTHING. Americans are afraid of terrorists, of drug dealers, of black people, of diseases, germs, flying, WIND FARMS, Solar Energy, Electric cars, etc... Americans are mostly afraid of losing your rights, of giving up the constitution, of a black man as president. People are afraid of Bin Laden, Bingazzi (sp), and all kinds of crazy things.

In Canada, many people really do go to sleep without locking their front door... here in Montreal, we can walk down a downtown street at 4am... we can get into an argument at a bar and know that it will end at worst with a punch in the chops... We know who our neighbours are. We hold the door open for strangers, buy a stranger a cup of coffee or a beer....

Hunters and "Gun nuts" in Canada respect all of the laws. They love hunting and collecting and talking about guns. My own brother makes his own bullets for fucksakes... but unlike Americans, we just don't feel an overwhelming urge to sleep with guns on our pillows.

I've said it before and I'll say it again. There's nothing wrong with owning a gun. I've shot a few guns in my day and its kind of a fun thing to do.

What the big problem is, as I see it, is that lots of Gun-loving Americans are frightened into buying more and more guns thanks to groups like Fox News, right wingers, and the NRA. You are basically being sold on the idea to "BUY GUNS - PROTECT YOUR FAMILY - ooOOOooo!"

Apologies to any gun enthusiasts here - I don't mean to insult you. But isn't it possible that you were SOLD these guns under a false and dangerous premise?