I'm not prejudiced against people from a rural background. I'm from a rural background. My nearest neighbors growing up were half a mile away. There are, of course, tons of smart rural people. And, of course, there are tons of smart, sane, gun owners. It is a useful tool out in the country.
But gun nuts? Gun nuts are a whole different thing. To them, a gun isn't a tool, it is a crutch for their self esteem. It makes them feel better about themselves. It makes them feel tougher and less powerless. They can't get respect by being respectable, so they try to get it by carrying around a gun. They claim that they need a gun to be safe in the same streets my grandmother walks around unarmed. They fight against sensible safety precautions because in the fantasy they're constantly running over in their heads where somebody breaks into their house and they kill him to protect their crappy tv there aren't any trigger locks. They expose their family to danger under the pretense of protecting them and they fight against other people protecting themselves from irresponsible gun owners at the same time.
And, yes, that is primarily a problem amongst stupid, rural, people. There are plenty of stupid people in cities too, but the gun nut is mostly a rural thing.
Knock off the trolling, Jerry.
