Reply #64: well that's an interesting question [View All]

[iverglas]

Does one's choice in where they hang out in an internet forum speak of anything about public policy, self defense or gun ownership? Personally I would think not.

Huh.

Does your wife's personal relationship with guns speak of anything about public policy, self-defence or gun ownership?

Since the "self-defence" and "gun ownership" in question in the forum guidelines really refers to issues associated with those things, and not any individual's choice of what brand of firearm to acquire and where to take it out for a walk: personally, I would think not.

If someone does want to tell their own tales of "self-defence" in support of some argument, I'd suggest they do it. I can't see why anybody would be particularly interested in anybody else's unverifiable and untestable assertions/anecdotes about their wife's personal relationship with firearms. In a nutshell, they are boring and pointless. They're at about the same level as fanny pack colours.

Nonetheless, the fact that it's always the wife's husband and never the wife telling these tales does beyond question tell a tale in itself.