Leave your ego at the door...we are ALL GUN OWNERS!

[VictorFranko]

nice selective quoting

LOL, you like that?

"There is such a word..."
The dot-dot-dot implies that there was more to the sentence and I provided a link to the source. What more do you want?
Man, you freakin' grammar Nazi's are tough today!
Although still a long way from general acceptance, M-W does recognizes it as a word.

[Shellshocker66]

My thoughts, anytime you get two or more people together there is going to be a difference of opinions unless one is co-dependant and agrees with everything said by the other.

While the last gun bills both took and gave some rights, it for me was more positive then having the whole shebang signed into law. Guess I'm happy the glass is half full, instead of half empty.

I feel for the UOC crowd. While it's not my cup of tea to have an unloaded fire arm on my side, I understand the desire of others to do so. But I'm hoping good can come from it, and one day we all get to have a form of carry that satisfies everyone.

[chief003]

[AndrewMendez]

And the guy with only 35 post, nails the final one into the coffin. Fantastic post, you hit it right on the head.

With a group as incredibly diverse as the Calguns crew (80K +, wow!) you are going to have genuine, valid differences of opinion on any given topic. The only reason I stick around here, when I've dumped more gun forums than I can even remember, is the usually high level of discourse here on Calguns. If you post an opinion or question, you'll get lots of feedback including lots of opposing views. However, it's usually done in a cordial, high-road kind of way (occasional ribbing aside).

Some of the threads lately have been really sub-par for Calguns. The name-calling and jeering is in bad taste and counter-productive. Feel free to express your opinions on JB's parentage or whatever, but do so in good Calguns style. We can do better, because we HAVE done better.

The key thing is that we are all united in the support of the primary civil right (more important than free speech, in my opinion). We can (and will and should) disagree on some of the details, but the over-arching goal must be kept in sight at all times. Keeping a cordial atmosphere is an important part of that. How can our opponents or the general public have respect for us, if we don't have respect amongst ourselves? I think that's all Andrew is getting at.

[RedFord150]

Great post, OP.
Heck, I would be happy if everyone that responded to a thread actually read the beginning of the thread, written by the OP. Instead, each response is based on the last response. By the end of it, the thread has been hopelessly hi-jacked and the discussion does not even relate to the OP's original intent. What was this thread about again?
Alas, I kid...We can all disagree, just keep it polite and respectful. If you must resort to name calling and telling someone his post 'just sucks', you should turn off your computer and go to bed.
Now I must go. I need to head over to Gunslingers and settle a score with SVT-40...