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Gun Week, Day Three: Gun Owners Are Not Stereotypes. They Are People.
http://bluntandcranky.wordpress.com/2013/04/24/gun-week-day-three-gun-owners-are-not-stereotypes-they-are-people/Snip: "Now, there are Gun Nuts who fit the stereotypes used by wingnuts to a tee: in fact, this writer knows a fair few of them. They strike us as either collectors, or deluded fools who are being fleeced by the armament industry. Thankfully, very few gun owners fit that mold.
Gentle Reader, always remember that mass media images are not always based in fact: all too frequently, they are exaggerations used to make a political point or to create outrage. Said outrage, of course, helps to drive up ratings of the Infotainment industry, thus making more money: note that truth and accuracy are not significant business drivers for these companies."
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