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Originally Posted by Hans Landa
Being a right-winger myself, I agree with this, despite being a Canadian who's never owned or fired a gun, I can certainly appreciate how important they are as a symbol to American freedom in the eyes of true patriots (lefties, in my opinion, are anti-patriots).
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Ahh the old guns = freedom argument. Even though in virtually every western country in the world you can obtain a gun, it's just not as easy as in America. Strangely, or perhaps because of this, other countries have fewer incidents of gun violence than America. Also you can get guns in Syria, Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia too, you know, those great symbols of freedom. Things like equal rights and freedom of democracy are much better indicators of freedom than being able to get a gun.
As to lefties being anti-patriots, not sure that one quantifies since usually lefties want to take care of everyone (i.e. the entire country) while usually righties only want to take care of themselves and preach personal responsibility (i.e. screw everyone else).