I'm all for a balanced discussion, it just seems that not many of you fine folks prefer to talk that way either. I'm about as progressive as you can get on pretty much all issues, but happens to know more than most about the firearms industry. And yeah, I'll stand up for my sport any time of day, and will speak with actual facts and statistics against people who don't know that much, yet choose to "feel" their way through complex issues and topics.
Yes, admittedly I've probably spent more time in the U.S. than 90% of Canadians, but sure, I've never lived there for more than a few months at a time, so I've never had the lunch-time chats like you described.
I'm a consultant by trade in my day job, guns don't come up ever in a professional setting, in Canada nor in the U.S.. I never bring it up, nor does anyone else.
Yeah, people like guns in the U.S., because it's a very popular hobby and sport shooting is widely popular. People talking about their equipment is no different than my hockey teammates talking about the retro re-issue Synergy stick that Easton just put out, but hate that they didn't get the grip right. Or a snap-shot technique suggestion to improve puck release speed or accuracy.
Same difference.
Now, if they're talking like "man, I can't wait for someone to break into my house so I can show him what's up" then yeah, that's a problem and a toxic culture.
But if you got uncomfortable because you had nothing in common with them and had no interest in their sport or hobby, then I don't know what to tell you.
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