Bad people have been around since the dawn of time. And contrary to what some might think, they exist in the good ole USA as well and always have. In my lifetime I have seen the Manson family, Son of Sam, John Gacy, Ted Bundy, and the list goes on. However, I don't remember people trying to take away my family's guns during the 70's and early to mid 80's. Why is that? I can speculate that two reasons are lobbyists and the media are the culprits in this day and age and can furthermore point to the fact that liberalism is running rampant. We got "phat cats" in Washington whose only concern is appeasing what they deem is the "moral majority". When in fact, they aren't in touch with this country's population at all.

This topic is something that touches this board specifically. Being fishermen makes us automatically outdoorsmen. Which in turn means that I imagine a lot of us own firearms. I am not a hunter, just a farm boy that happens to have 7 rifles/shotguns. The only way "Uncle Sam" is gonna get my guns from me is to pry them out of my cold, dead fingers.