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Way to include gun rights activists in there by El Kabong
Last time I checked, ownership of guns was protected by the 2nd Amendment to the Constitution.
That document mentions none of the other people in your group.
I've never owned a gun in my life and probably never will. But I will fight for the right of people who want to own them because the Constitution says they can. I will also not allow the actions of mentally ill people or people using guns illegally (e.g. underaged people) to affect my belief that legal gun owners should be left the hell alone.