anygunanywhere wrote:In many people's world perceptions are their reality. In the same vein, stereotypes are based on fact. I appreciate TAM's comments. They are very valid. Many already have preconceived notions of us based on recent antics and it will take effort to change their stereotyped vision of us as a group.
I agree with you on the preconceived stereotyping of us gun owners. I see it like this: If you considered different types of anti gunners in shades of red, and pro gunners in shades of blue, most cannot get past the one color they see. An anti gunner may portray people whom they associate guns with, according to the type they see, just like they'd call Iris blue (CHLers), persian blue (OCT crazies), ultramarine blue (mass murders), phthalo blue (cowboys), azure blue (granny's with guns), or any other shade of blue/azule... it seems they all see us as either ultramarine or persian blue, but it's all blue to them, unless we can change that image in their mind to something else, like a granny defending herself from thugs, or a mother fighting off a grizzly with a .44mag.
I might be rambling, but darn it! I'm Chartreuse! NOT just blue!
I wanted to post this, because it sounded good when I explained to somebody earlier today, how people associate "people with guns" as one big group, and they're all the same in some peoples eyes, even though there are different groups with extreme differences. You can't say you can Identify Chartreuse as Cobalt blue, could you?
