Gun Fascination?

[barrage]

What's the threshold for being declared a Marxist in your model?

I'm a #1, and 7 (if by subscribe you mean listen, I've never given them money)

It's a joke. Because generalizations are fun. I've been known to create abstract art and I like to objectively listen to NPR (would never give them money, i.e. subscribe though) and calling me a Marxist face to face might be the last thing someone ever did.

[Ronin2]

What is a "violence workshop"?

How do I sign up and what fighting arts do they teach?

Serious about the first question.

[omgwtfbbq]

It's a joke. Because generalizations are fun. I've been known to create abstract art and I like to objectively listen to NPR (would never give them money, i.e. subscribe though) and calling me a Marxist face to face might be the last thing someone ever did.

Haha I know it was tongue-in-cheek, I was just running with it.

Creating abstract art for me usually involved a gallon milk jug filled with colored liquid and a low-recoil 12ga slug.

[robcoe]

BTW, forgot to ask, what is a "violence workshop"? Is it where you go to hone your skills at violence?

[mshill]

1. Owning several weapons, especially exotic weapons.
2. Retaining a large supply of ammunition
3. Frequently talking of weapons.
4. Developing skills with different weapons
5. Frequent trips to gun shops
6. Dressing in fatigues or other military clothing
7. Subscribing to mercenary gun magazines

First off, your "violence workshop" was total BS corporate indoctrination.

The sum total of these "generalizations" don't amount to a propensity to violence any more that video games. As we know causality is near impossible to prove. I would bet there isn't even good correlation between the seven traits listed and violence.

BTW, I'm good for #1-5 and they left off
8) Reading Calguns daily.

[HPBrowningMK3]

More corporate bs.But I guess they have to justify their salaries and/or consulting fees.

[sbo80]

"predicting" violent behavior is obviously impossible, or it would have been done by now. Whenever a serial killer is caught, usually all the neighbors say "he was such a nice boy". But there's nothing wrong with directed vigilance. Lots of people I worked with in the military fit all 7. And good people all. Until someone crosses a line - one guy started talking frequently about how he could kill people with a pen. Eventually someone overheard him in the chow hall explaining how easy he could put poison gas in the A/C. He got his security clearance pulled and some visits to shrinks. Not everyone is so overtly nutty.

[SonofWWIIDI]

I think such things as described in the OP could be said about any sport or hobby someone is passionate about. For instance, golf:

1. Owning several golf clubs, especially exotic clubs
2. Retaining a large supply of clubs, balls and tees
3. Frequently talking of golf.
4. Developing skills with different clubs
5. Frequent trips to golf shops
6. Dressing in shorts and polos or other golf clothing
7. Subscribing to golf magazines

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Made me laugh out loud.