Dan-O-Mite said:I am a regular IPSC shooter and I have hunted for small and large game. I have also played paintball a few times, it was lots of fun. I don't see why someone would have a problem with paintball just because they shoot real guns. Paintball is not training for real guns!
Blue Orca said:Hey, just tell your Liberal friends that in a free and democratic society one does not take away the rights from a minority group in society simply because the majority does not share the same creed or beliefs. The Liberals, under Trudeau, gave us the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Your liberal friends may not appreciate that you like to own guns, hunt or participate in sports shooting. But you are not hurting anybody. They should not be so hasty to extinguish your rights. The Charter is a powerful tool. So we might just as well use the ammunition that they, the Liberals, gave us. I would not want to live in a country where anyones rights can be so easily taken away. I don't believe that your liberal friends would be either (or else they would be conservatives). Tell your liberal friend that he is suffering from "cognitive dissonance". (Should at least make him stop and think for a minute or two.)
IMHO, what your liberal friends need to do is to focus on the problem. Lets get control over the illegal guns and the gangs who use them here in Canada. There are gang problems in every large urban center in Canada from Victoria to St. John's. Lets get a handle on countries (like the United State Anarchy) that sell (or give) small arms to countries (like Israel) that are known to participate in genocide or other crimes against humanity.
We pride outselves that we live in a pluralistic society where the rights of minority interest groups are respected. You may not like homosexuals, but we respect their right to live and let live. You may not like Jew, Hindus or Muslims, but in our society we respect the right of those individuals the right to practice a religion of their own choice. Gun ownership should be treated no differently. As long as we abide by the law and practice responsible gun ownership we all should be left well enough alone.
