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In reply to the discussion: Guns & Ammo Fires Editor After Publishing Editorial Calling for Gun Control [View all]One_Life_To_Give
(6,036 posts)24. When you stick a bunch of like minded people together
they tend to move the group view/opinion to the more extreme position.
Wish I could find a link to the research piece. Showed when you put a group of similarly minded people together. In this cas Gun people. The moderate opinions/positions become muted while the more extreme views resonate in the echo chamber. Thus while it's apparent to us that not all Homo-Sapiens should be entrusted with firearms. They are able to completely miss this as any type of concern and convince themselves that historically there was not any social morals that prevented a mentally deficient individual from obtaining such an item.
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Guns & Ammo Fires Editor After Publishing Editorial Calling for Gun Control [View all]
onehandle
Nov 2013
OP
I wish more gun owners felt the same way, and more Democrats would come out like McAuliffe.
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#7
Now ......how could I ever tell you were a gun owner/fancier/hugger by that 'handle"?
rdharma
Nov 2013
#18
You mean "7962"? That was my roster number in the military. Whats it got to do with guns?
7962
Nov 2013
#20
Metcalf will probably have to sleep in a bulletproof vest for years to come...
Blue_Tires
Nov 2013
#22
Trying to rhetorically change weapons to hardware, maybe you should change swords to plows instead
coldmountain
Nov 2013
#45
Do you honestly think people are responsible if attracted to "tactical" weapons outside a war zone?
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#51
Yeah, like some of your buddies "optimize their gunz" in case they have to clear a room.
Hoyt
Nov 2013
#54
They'll never admit it, but they're the flip side of those they belittle and insult
friendly_iconoclast
Nov 2013
#35