The title is denoting that there was a rise in gun ownership among people who are not straight. What it has to do with the right is that gun ownership has always been a very common thing among that group, whereas it has not been common among the left and people who are not straight. It is pointing out a change in the status quo by juxtaposing the groups historical interests.
They didn’t use “People buy guns” as the title because that title doesn’t tell you the objective point of what the article is about and could mean too many other things.
I agree that in a perfect world where humanity is unified, we wouldn’t need such labels and could just use “people” for stuff like this, but it isn’t the world we live in right now unfortunately and the context is important to this specific articles content. When it’s possible to not use labels though, I agree, we shouldn’t.
Plenty of Democrats own guns, and way more liberals own guns. The ONLY reason gun ownership is so much more prevalent among Republicans than Democrats is that the Democratic party, and by extension many true believers, has been openly hostile to them for 4 decades now and taking every opportunity to disarm people.
Canada is different. Canada never fought a war against the crown, and never followed that war by establishing a failsafe specifically preventing the government from having the ability to assert and enforce total control over the population.
I understand why they used such specific terminology…to sell the article. It just bothers me that in this day and age someone who isn’t straight even needs to be classified as something other then a citizen, or a neighbour or what have you…
I’m just frustrated with everything in this world.
Regarding that statement I could only speak from personal experience, meaning my statement is as anecdotal as yours in this case so I have nothing more to say in response.
Except if you are actually in gun communities you will meet lots of leftists, whereas if you aren’t in gun communities you won’t meet anyone. Being personally ignorant isn’t the same as going out and becoming informed.
Except I own 3 firearms and have held a membership to my local gun range for several years and that is not the case where I am. Furthermore not only am I speaking to my experience in this as a firearms owner, but as a gay man, who has a lot of friends in the LGBTQ+ community.
Don’t make assumptions that I am not involved, or that everything is the same everywhere.
The title is denoting that there was a rise in gun ownership among people who are not straight. What it has to do with the right is that gun ownership has always been a very common thing among that group, whereas it has not been common among the left and people who are not straight. It is pointing out a change in the status quo by juxtaposing the groups historical interests.
They didn’t use “People buy guns” as the title because that title doesn’t tell you the objective point of what the article is about and could mean too many other things.
I agree that in a perfect world where humanity is unified, we wouldn’t need such labels and could just use “people” for stuff like this, but it isn’t the world we live in right now unfortunately and the context is important to this specific articles content. When it’s possible to not use labels though, I agree, we shouldn’t.
Plenty of Democrats own guns, and way more liberals own guns. The ONLY reason gun ownership is so much more prevalent among Republicans than Democrats is that the Democratic party, and by extension many true believers, has been openly hostile to them for 4 decades now and taking every opportunity to disarm people.
I can’t speak to the situation in the United States, but in Canada in my experience, it is a different situation.
Canada is different. Canada never fought a war against the crown, and never followed that war by establishing a failsafe specifically preventing the government from having the ability to assert and enforce total control over the population.
Yes.
I understand why they used such specific terminology…to sell the article. It just bothers me that in this day and age someone who isn’t straight even needs to be classified as something other then a citizen, or a neighbour or what have you…
I’m just frustrated with everything in this world.
I agree, I am also frustrated with the world. It would be nice to see people work together again in a real way.
This has never been true except in the mind of liberals.
Regarding that statement I could only speak from personal experience, meaning my statement is as anecdotal as yours in this case so I have nothing more to say in response.
Except if you are actually in gun communities you will meet lots of leftists, whereas if you aren’t in gun communities you won’t meet anyone. Being personally ignorant isn’t the same as going out and becoming informed.
Except I own 3 firearms and have held a membership to my local gun range for several years and that is not the case where I am. Furthermore not only am I speaking to my experience in this as a firearms owner, but as a gay man, who has a lot of friends in the LGBTQ+ community.
Don’t make assumptions that I am not involved, or that everything is the same everywhere.