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Originally Posted by Ark2
Quite the leap in logic you have presented here. Your argument essentially states that because men make up the majority of gun owners and those that commit crimes with guns, gun ownership is therefore largely the result of compensation for uniquely male insecurities. Where's the evidence for this? Men and women tend to have different preferences. Does the fact that I enjoy sports more than my wife mean that I am compensating for something? What about how I have greater appreciation for cars? Is that manhood problem as well?
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Well... no, and I’m not making the connection, I’ll leave that to actual psychologists and sociologists which you’re welcome to read since google is littered with it. The evidence, of course, is in the science of our brains, our evolution, and our culture. [EDIT: you’ve also got it twisted, you’re thinking A (male gun ownership) + B (male gun crimes) = C (guns as a security aid to masculinity). A and B are a result of C, they are not what makes C true.]
As far as leaps in logic goes, it’s a strange one to assume I suggested anywhere that everything is a compensation for something. You probably enjoy sports because you like sports, you’re probably more inclined to enjoy sports than your wife because of an evolutionary trait of competition, where men are much more a part of that than women. It should go without saying though that both men and women can enjoy sports and competition.
I don’t know about the cars thing. Maybe you’re just boring?
To my point, tho, I will again stress that just because you like guns does not mean you are compensating for something. If you bothered to read, I’m talking about the “gun nut,” the “I’ll show him my shooting range test and then he’ll see my power!” types, the “let’s march in there with our guns and show them how strong we are!” types... you know... the “gun nut.” If you identify as that, then surely yes you’re using guns to compensate for insecurities or your otherwise precarious manhood, which is both a you problem and a culture problem, but I kind of doubt you do identify as that? So I’m not sure why you took it personally. What you and your wife like is mostly irrelevant.