I normally avoid political discussions because they turn nasty so much of the time, but maybe this one can remain friendly. Full disclosure, I tend to lean to the left on many issues. However, I do not vote based on party lines. I weigh the pros and cons of each candidate and vote based on what I decide is most important to me. One issue is not a make or break for me for any candidate.
Now, I have been reading more about gun laws and checking out discussions on forums. It seems to me that on a lot of other forums, pro-gun posters come across as being very ignorant. For example, the title of a topic on another forum was "has barack obama did things against the constitution?" and then the post had all kinds of grammatical errors and hardly made any sense. The replies were largely the same. It make same wonder how many of these people just repeat things that they hear and don't actually know what they are talking about.
On top of that, some posts get so extreme that it does make some of the stereotypes of gun owners seem real, even if that is not the case. A lot of the posts I read on other forums do make gun owners seem like paranoid rednecks. Especially when they say things along the lines of "Barack Obama is a Muslim and therefore shouldn't be allowed to be president." It looks bad to see things like this to people that are neutral about guns. It could make them think that this is the way all gun owners are and it casts all of us in a negative light.
While I may not agree with everybody on here about other issues (since I am assuming most people here vote in a more conservative manner), I would not attack your beliefs. I am interested in seeing how you guys feel about the way people portray themselves online as it relates to gun laws.
One of the reasons I like this forum so much more than others is because people tend to come off as intelligent, thoughtful people and everyone seems to make sure that their responses are submitted in a fashion that is easy to understand. Hopefully, this topic can stay away from the dirty types of arguing that normally fall upon these threads.
Now, I have been reading more about gun laws and checking out discussions on forums. It seems to me that on a lot of other forums, pro-gun posters come across as being very ignorant. For example, the title of a topic on another forum was "has barack obama did things against the constitution?" and then the post had all kinds of grammatical errors and hardly made any sense. The replies were largely the same. It make same wonder how many of these people just repeat things that they hear and don't actually know what they are talking about.
On top of that, some posts get so extreme that it does make some of the stereotypes of gun owners seem real, even if that is not the case. A lot of the posts I read on other forums do make gun owners seem like paranoid rednecks. Especially when they say things along the lines of "Barack Obama is a Muslim and therefore shouldn't be allowed to be president." It looks bad to see things like this to people that are neutral about guns. It could make them think that this is the way all gun owners are and it casts all of us in a negative light.
While I may not agree with everybody on here about other issues (since I am assuming most people here vote in a more conservative manner), I would not attack your beliefs. I am interested in seeing how you guys feel about the way people portray themselves online as it relates to gun laws.
One of the reasons I like this forum so much more than others is because people tend to come off as intelligent, thoughtful people and everyone seems to make sure that their responses are submitted in a fashion that is easy to understand. Hopefully, this topic can stay away from the dirty types of arguing that normally fall upon these threads.
