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Old 10-29-2006, 01:31 PM   #6
MaggieL
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Pangloss62
All one has to do is look at the magazine rack at any major supermarket and see how obsessive gun owners can be.
The accuracy of magazine covers in forming an understanding people who own guns is about as accurate as any other stereotype you would build from the same source. About single men, perhaps? Car lovers, body builders...what do they obsess about, according to magazine covers? How about married women?

If you want to actually understand gun owners, visit a shooting range. Perhaps even learn to shoot.

On the other hand, if all you want to do is reenforce your own preconceptions, the magzaine rack will do.
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Last edited by MaggieL; 10-29-2006 at 01:40 PM.
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