[The Kraken]

Originally posted on 09/16/2015:

You like your freedom so you'd give up your AR's?

Kraken, do you harbor those weapons because deep down you think maybe in the remote possibility things pop-off in this country you could join some type resistance that identifies Christians as the enemy?

I have already answered the question as to why I own the guns. I was very honest in my answers. The AR's I bought at a time I could re-sell them and make money, and I did. I just ended up with a few extras. I love shooting them but I don't need them. The rest of the guns serve a purpose. I could care less about Christianity, I am not a Christian, I don't believe in god, maybe there is a god maybe not, but on a given month, I probably think about Christianity on average of less than 30 seconds.

Kraken in nutshell:
Is a quasi Communist via Socialist first.

Socialist yes, communist no

Is a schedule one user

I tried cocaine one time and hated it, that certainly doesn't make me a user. "User" implies continued using, I will never do coke again. Oxy is a schedule 2 medication and I take it under the care of a physician and have it prescribed legally. I feel sorry that you view pain meds as having a negative stigma attached to them when so many people in the world are physically dependent upon them. Not because of addiction but because of chronic pain, botched surgeries, accidents etc.... dont' be so quick to judge unless you've experienced years of pain like I have.

Talks of hatefulness of Christians

Again, I don't hate christians, you're putting words in my mouth. I am not a christian and I personally think the religion is silly. But many of my closest family and friends are christians and I love them all, regardless of their religious affiliations. I have even said two of my favorite posters here are Sour and Brainfreeze, despite our differences of opinions about religion. Life is more than religion and I find that many times I agree with them, they're interesting and I have a feeling if I were to meet either of them in real life we would probably ignore our religious differences, find common interests and get along great. You, I'm not so sure about, you seem more judgmental and I'm not sure you could set our differences aside, or recognize that regardless how strongly you feel about something, you may be wrong.

Thinks that somehow white people are guilty of the socioeconomic disposition of others.

White privilege is real whether you want to recognize it or not. It doesn't mean you've done anything to promote it, nor have I, but we benefit from being born white. Beyond that, yes, we set African Americans back decasdes, if not centuries by enslaving them and neglecting them fundamental education. They have yet to recover. So ya, we are partially responsible.

The fact is: you bought a firearm and had to answer a specific question on an application. The question is do you use narcotics? you answered "no" or you would not own those firearms. Therefore, you are in an unlawful possesion of firearms and you criminally circumvented a safety net in place to stop people who consume narcotics from owning peacemakers. In your hands these firearms are known as: 'Another criminal on narcotics murdering'.

You just show how little you know about the process of owning a gun. I have filled out applications in multiple states and each one I said "yes", that I do take narcotics and I provided my PCP's information. I have never been denied a gun, I have a clean record and and it's all legal. You are 100% wrong here.

People like me, Sourtwist, kvb, brain freeze would own weapons for noble causes and you not for noble causes.

There are 50 shades of grey, not everything is black and white. People like you own guns out of fear, as do I. I don't want to be eaten by a grizzly, I fear that, so when I hike in grizzly country, I carry bear spray and a 45cal. But at least I can admit it. I fear someone will break into my house one night and I won't be able to protect my pregnant wife, so I own a 40cal handgun that stays next to my bed. This coming from someone that has done years of boxing and BJJ. In a street fight, I'd hold my own, in my house with my families life on the line, I want a gun next to me. I think those intentions are noble enough. I do not however factor in owning guns just because I have a right to. I could care less about that aspect of it. You apparently do and more power to you, but it doesn't make your intentions any more noble, just different. A different shade of grey.

It's your types who have been doing the shootings lately, not my kind.
I encourage you to go to your local Police station and turn in those firearms, you do not own them for good causes and while on those Schedule I's you are a time bomb waiting to happen.

Again, you show how ignorant you are about certain things. I do not take schedule 1's, I take a schedule 2 and a schedule 4. Neither have ever been associated with violence, if anything, probably just the opposite. If you were educated on the matter, you would understand that it's the antidepressants, which aren't scheduled, that are associated with killings. Those I am not on.

Just talkin' on the real.

I think my reality and your reality are quite different. I don't care that you see the world differently than I, I just wish you would get some simple facts straight before putting your opinion out there, like the difference between a sch1 and a sch2, and how sch2 have never been correlated with the type of crime you describe.