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<blockquote data-quote="glock girl" data-source="post: 1432297" data-attributes="member: 6217"><p>It&#039;s not just the media.&nbsp; Most of John Q. Public thinks that guns are scary and only bad people use them.&nbsp; There&#039;s an unpleasant stigma that&#039;s automatically associated with guns and people who own them by many people.&nbsp; I work in a very anti-gun environment with gunbuster signs on all the doors.&nbsp; I&#039;ve heard some really ridiculous anti-gun comments from my co-workers.&nbsp; My school was the same way, I heard some of the most ignorant comments I could possibly imagine regarding guns and carrying them I from professors in my major.&nbsp; I like to be liked and not create unnecessary hardship for myself though, so I&#039;ve kept my mouth shut rather than correct the idiocy or even play the devil&#039;s advocate.&nbsp; I&#039;m sure I&#039;m not the only one.&nbsp; Nobody wants to be outted as one of &quot;those&quot; weirdos, so in a way, the mindset&#039;s self-perpetuation.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="glock girl, post: 1432297, member: 6217"] It's not just the media. Most of John Q. Public thinks that guns are scary and only bad people use them. There's an unpleasant stigma that's automatically associated with guns and people who own them by many people. I work in a very anti-gun environment with gunbuster signs on all the doors. I've heard some really ridiculous anti-gun comments from my co-workers. My school was the same way, I heard some of the most ignorant comments I could possibly imagine regarding guns and carrying them I from professors in my major. I like to be liked and not create unnecessary hardship for myself though, so I've kept my mouth shut rather than correct the idiocy or even play the devil's advocate. I'm sure I'm not the only one. Nobody wants to be outted as one of "those" weirdos, so in a way, the mindset's self-perpetuation. [/QUOTE]

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