The Gun-Age may have passed some hundred years ago, along with the horse and buggy and watering troughs, yet, as one of my gun-nut friends lovingly shows me his arsenal I wonder what is the attraction of guns, what makes them so special to some? Is it the workmanship, the potential power, the political message, the manly message, fear, what makes guns so attractive to some?
Fair question- I think its the legacy of the gun. It's a tool every tyrannical government wanted to eliminate to ease their assault.
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Like the Brits going after the powder kegs in Lexington and Concord, to Hitler, Stalin, Mussolini, Tung et al. The link will take you to further explanation
Also, guns are a family tradition for many. I have some my Grandfather owned and he passed down to me the first shotgun I ever fired at 11 years old.
Guns represent power which in turn, have made this country the free one it is
-Geaux