I certainly received many many emails from gun owners who legitimately quibbled with some of my conclusions. But the majority of email senders trained their laser sights on my masculinity \u2014 often in graphic terms that would sound more appropriate in a magazine about erectile dysfunction or an ad for Depends.<\/p>\n
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[I]f masculinity is defined by the power to commit violence on a wide scale, I proudly choose femininity. At one time, \u201cbeing a man\u201d meant standing up for what you believe in \u2014 and against injustice. By that definition, we need more real men in power taking on bullies like the NRA, which seeks to bolster the Second Amendment by shutting down opponents\u2019 right to the First. We can\u2019t even debate guns in this country, thanks to the gun lobby.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
He claims that he supports the 2d Amendment, but with “strict regulations” I’m thinking that he wouldn’t be as supportive for “strict regulations” for the First Amendment, though. He goes off on some needless diatribe about an “atomic version of the AR-15” and how we shouldn’t allow folks to buy one of those. This AR-style of rifle doesn’t have an atomic version, so I’m not going to worry about it.<\/p>\n
Yes, I’m a wimp. I simpered because my experience with the AR-15 bruised me, body and spirit. But there’s nothing unmanly about reminding my readers that mass murder is much easier to commit with a semi-automatic killing machine than it is with a hammer.<\/p>\n
If that makes me a girl, well, maybe we should have a girl running the country.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yes, you are a wimp. The AR-style rifle isn’t the bruising beast that you claim it is. It’s the person that fires it that makes it terrifying, not the alloy and plastic inert object. How about we focus it on keeping it out of the hands of potential criminals instead of ripping it from everyone’s hands. <\/p>\n
By the way, that last line says more about you than anything else you wrote.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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