I was thinking tonight, talking with the wife about how my new hobby is encouraging me to do some good blog post and comment writing. I will probably write a book about gun rights in a year or two. Me and this other cat, Alan, just finished (yesterday) writing a book about YouTube, and I’m kinda burned out on that. (But happy that it’s done. It’s gonna be a damn good book. Comes out in November.)

>I will say this… I am not opposed to using guns for sport…. The thought of having a gun in the house scares me to death.

Interesting…I can’t picture NOT having guns in the house now, and I’m also kinda disgusted by hunting. Never liked the idea. Did it once, when I was a teen. Of course, if the economy collapsed and I didn’t have food, I’d be in the back yard in a heartbeat shooting bunnies and coyotes (which I could actually shoot from my bedroom window, come to think of it), but as long as there’s a supermarket in town, the idea of shooting fuzzy things makes me sad. Not that I’d wanna outlaw it of course, but hunting does NOT appeal to me at all.

Will keep writing, thanks for the kudos.

Rock on,
MWD

It also teaches me a lesson about good writing. An honest voice is a powerful (and rare these days) thing. Even if people don’t share the viewpoint of the speaker, they will enjoy reading someone who expressing an uncensored point of view.

So definitely keep writing about this topic. If nothing else, you have probably made me think about my own views on guns more than any pro-gun person in the last 10 years!!

I will say this… I am not opposed to using guns for sport (hunting, target practice, etc.) In fact, I’m ashamed to admit that your posts have kind of made me want to visit Guam and go to some of the shooting ranges there (a popular destination for Japanese tourists… guns are banned in Japan). But I doubt I would ever personally own a gun in this lifetime. The thought of having a gun in the house scares me to death.

Love you, bro.

MWD

I’m cool with your new fun and know that this too shall pass. Don’t give it up but accept it like the other tools that make you comfortable in life. Air conditioner, indoor cooking, utensils to make music to provide you entertainment. Why shouldn’t you have a home security system? Some get electronic, you got mechanical. I’m looking forward to when you are back to a normal lunatic and we can go back to discussing cat hugging and spankings administered to bad bad girls.

I was a fluffy little pacifist hippie when you met me. Back then I thought that ANY guns, legal or not, were evil. A lot of Americans, especially liberals, think that way. It’s a result of misguided media. Whenever you see guns on the news, or in a movie, it’s most always a criminal. When’s the last time you saw a story on the evening news about “Homeowner with legal gun saves family’s life from home invader intent on murder”? Happens all the time, but the liberal media won’t touch it.

And continuing on, I talked non-stop and immersed myself later with AA (saved my life), filmmaking and writing (made me self-employed), bondage (helped me meet the girl of my dreams), podcasting (brought in most of the folks who post on this blog, besides you and Skip) and now guns.

I will swing to a good middle ground once I learn enough, and it’s acclimated into my blood and no longer new. That’s my process for mastering anything. And by then I’ll talk about it a lot less, and just do it.

However if I felt had to get a gun, Id probably not be acting proud of it. It would be my dirty little secret, like Howies. Why? Its a sad day when a citizen feels that kind of need, due to fear, isnt it? Its really regrettable. Im sorry your worldview is so fearful that you needed to do this. Maybe you should move to a gated community with 24 hr security guards. Im glad you have a new hobby though, who knew that shooting a gun would be a fun thing to do?

Something about the way you present this gun thing doesnt sit well with me, and Ive not really put my finger on it exactly. Its not so simplistic as ” guns are evil, and you have 3?, but rather the way your almost glorifying it, with such “civic pride”.

Again, I do see the humor and irony it it, cause I know you. Its so ’not you’, and you are parodying the “proud patriotic rednecks with guns schtick” Thats funny too, but your almost coming off half-serious!

Anyway, something about the presentation here aint so funny, and to me it seems gauche , insensitive, and in poor taste, however provocative.