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RE: Episode 2 - The Gun Range | Bucket List Vlog

in #bucket-list7 years ago

Very cool post! It sounds like you had such a fun trip, @ashleypeat!

As an American, I appreciate you also taking the time to have some fun and shoot some guns ;) Because they are really fun, and I think the American media does a fantastic job of distorting our gun culture for the rest of the world. It's actually obscene the kind of willful ignorance on display by some of our reporters around this issue. So thank you for writing about your experience, because I think that goes a lot further for an international audience than an American like myself explaining it.

Also, the conversation around gun politics in the U.S. is so toxic that in the wake of the Las Vegas Strip massacre, I've had to shut out a lot of my friends because not only do a lot of them have no idea what they're talking about if they're anti-gun, but also because I was extremely angry that people were quick to jump to partisan talking points rather than recognize the fact that an unprecedented tragedy had just occurred and people closely affected by it needed at least a moment to grieve. And so I wrote about this in a recent post: https://steemit.com/blog/@joshpeterson/why-i-don-t-want-to-talk-gun-politics-after-las-vegas-with-you-right-now

I like that you're actively blogging about completing your bucket list. What a fun project :)

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Thanks @joshpeterson

I was wondering if people would find it "the wrong time" for a post on the topic of guns. But as I like to get content out as soon as its done (I don't want a back-log as it will start to become a chore to get through) I just did it anyway and thought its probably a good thing for people too see guns being enjoyed safely.

I think whenever there is a big item in the news, all of a sudden everyone has a strong opinion, when they may never have even considered the issue the whole rest of the year.

What happened in Vegas is very sad and truly horrific and my heartfelt sympathies go out to the families.

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