Quote: Yeah, amusing, but not really necessary....and tends to get people ranting, and we don't need that here.
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Quote: Yeah, amusing, but not really necessary....and tends to get people ranting, and we don't need that here.
Yep, I feel a good rant boiling up inside of me but I'm controlling my fingers and reminding myself that I don't own the sand box I'm just playing in it.
Yeah, amusing, but not really necessary....and tends to get people ranting, and we don't need that here.
Let's not do this here.....I really regret even mentioning it.I'm sorry the staff offered you no explanation. I'll offer my perspective on the photos. I personally have no issue with responsible gun ownership. I respect those that take the time and effort to keep, maintain and use them safely. I appreciate that, for many people, guns are a means of putting food on the table and a necessary tool in preserving their safety and well-being. I respect guns. I grew up with guns in my home. My dad had hunting rifles and handguns. Heck, he worked for Colt's Manufacturing. In more ways than one guns put food on our table.
I was put off by your photos because of their gratuitous nature. The pictures were not needed to make your point. Regardless of the conditions under which it was taken, the intent was to alarm. I'm rather sure you didn't wake up one day and say to yourself, "I'd like to take a picture to show people what it is like to view a gun that's loaded with a dummy round from the angle of a camera on a tripod." As i viewed your picture it felt to me as though you wished to alarm me by aiming your weapon at me, albeit in a remote and arguably "safe" manner. Your photo became, for me, something bordering on a glorification of guns, not as a necessary tool for safety and survival, but as a means to incite or manipulate others. That rubbed me the wrong way.
I'm sure there were some that saw it as scary or politically incorrect or inflammatory or whatever. Maybe some weren't personally bothered but might be worried about how others, especially children that view this site, might be affected by the photo. I don't know. But for me your photo took everything that gun ownership should be, wrinkled it up, and tossed it out the window. Perhaps you didn't consider that it might be seen that way.
Let's not do this here.....I really regret even mentioning it.