Craig, I don't think of you--or Ed--as anything other than someone who posts on the Internet. I'm an old-fashioned type. I'll respond to what people say, but when it comes to forming a real opinion, I prefer to look people in the eye. My first real job was working for CIA--way pre Internet days, of course. But if I'm sizing someone up as a potential good guy or bad guy, I won't draw a conclusion until I've spent some time with them. I recall one guy with very liberal politics, which he regularly expressed on another BB. Met him at a shoot. Turned out that in spite of his politics, he was a real gun nut--and one heck of a shot. Not only that, he had good taste in reading: Bought half a dozen copies of my pheasant hunting book, back when I still had some for sale.
And I'd never call anyone a pig wacko dittohead just for starting a topic on gun rights. And I don't go to any lengths to ensure what anyone can type here. Since it's Dave's sandbox, that's his job. I only point out that they--and you, and everyone else--have the right to say whatever they want, whether or not some may choose to view it as anti-gun (in which case they're likely to take a fair amount of heat). But if they can stand the heat and Dave doesn't toss them out of the kitchen, then they have the same right to air their views as anyone else. And since this topic now carries the name of "trashed thread", they don't even need to worry about staying on topic.
