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Showing Original Post only (View all)I don't understand the animosity towards DU gun owners. [View all]
I know I'm going to get a lot of hate for this. But I've been here for a long time and I rarely speak up...I feel I need to now.
I am NOT a gun owner. Let's just get that out of the way. Also note that when I was 17, I worked at the movie theater a few hundred yards west that this theater replaced. My Mom was born in Aurora. My Grandfather died in Aurora. I went HS in Aurora.
I've seen all this anger towards DU gun owners in the last couple of days and I don't get it. Are they supposed to feel bad for owning a firearm? Are they supposed to feel guilt? I saw someone asking why there wasn't an apology from gun owners. Why should a law abiding citizen apologize for owning a firearm?
They didn't do anything wrong. They didn't go in and pull the trigger. What happened was horrible. But I think blaming this on gun owners (ESPECIALLY DUers) is extremely short sighted. I'll will put this simply:
This isn't a gun problem. This is a societal problem. This goes WAY deeper than owning a firearm.
Okay...now everybody may commence in telling me how I'm a monster as bad as Mr. Holmes.