Originally Posted by
puglogic
Oh, not dehumanizing at all....they're very human, just a breed of human I find icky.
I knew a man who collected instruments of torture. He found them fascinating. I know another person who was arrested for the most alarming collection of child pornography imaginable. A family member loves to salivate over the bloodiest battles in history, as though the only thing that happened on those fields was brilliant strategy. These people share a common trait with gun fanatics: they are able to completely see past the immense human suffering caused by the object of their love and affection, as though it simply doesn't exist. That breed of human is simply scary to me {shrug}
It's my personal belief that the majority of politically active gun lovers -- as opposed to people who happen to own a gun -- have a fearful, dangerous and rather scary worldview, and I'm sick of being asked to see it as normal behavior in a civilized society. It isn't.
We can't stuff this genie back in the bottle, but we can call a spade a spade. Stop pretending the adoration and collection of lethal weapons is something to be respected. It's really just strange and sad.