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merged parts of my page ("gun nut") into this one
Thus most [[Gun Owners of America|gun owners]] embrace the term "gun nut" affectionately. This is evidenced by many popular [[:Category:Gun Blogs|gun blogs]], [[:Category:Gun Podcasts|gun podcasts]], forums and outdoors [[:Category:Conservative Magazines|magazines]] such as ''[[Field and Stream]]'' using the term positively. ''Field and Stream'' has a column called "''The Gun Nut''".<ref>[http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/ The Gun Nut] blog at Field & Stream Accessed December 28, 2014</ref>
Thus most [[Gun Owners of America|gun owners]] embrace the term "gun nut" affectionately. This is evidenced by many popular [[:Category:Gun Blogs|gun blogs]], [[:Category:Gun Podcasts|gun podcasts]], forums and outdoors [[:Category:Conservative Magazines|magazines]] such as ''[[Field and Stream]]'' using the term positively. ''Field and Stream'' has a column called "''The Gun Nut''".<ref>[http://fieldandstream.blogs.com/ The Gun Nut] blog at Field & Stream Accessed December 28, 2014</ref>
In [[truth]], most [[gun]] owners are respectable, responsible people, who seem on different than any other people. However, there are a small number of people who do act much as fiction portrays. This continues to fuel the fire against the right to have and bear arms.<ref>http://www.salon.com/2014/06/23/gun_nuts_are_terrorizing_america_the_watershed_moment_everyone_missed</ref>
==Negative Liberal Gun Control - Anti-Rights / Anti Second Amendment Perspective==
==Negative Liberal Gun Control - Anti-Rights / Anti Second Amendment Perspective==
To liberals, homeland security officials, or anti-terrorism strategists, "gun nut" is an [[insult]]. They regard the term ias a [[pejorative]] [[stereotype]] hurled at gun owners by [[:Category:Anti Second Amendment|gun control activists]] as a way of suggesting that they exhibit abnormal behavior, are fanatical, or even are a threat to the safety of others.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF9B07493D3700&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Shoot-out Confirms Foreign View of America as 'Gun Nut' Country]" by T.R. Reid, ''The Buffalo News'', July 26, 1998</ref><ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE8D5DC080AAF3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Massacres Fail to Sway Gun Nuts and their Lobbyists]" November 7, 1991, Press-Telegram ([[Long Beach]], [[California]])</ref><ref>"[http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-guns17jun17,1,5131671.story?coll=la-news-comment Small steps on gun control]" [[Los Angeles Times]], June 17, 2007</ref><ref>"[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005030835,00.html Gun nut fired over pics]" by Jamie Pyatt, [[The Sun]] ([[UK]])</ref><ref>"[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/shooting/stories/world072698.htm 'Terror in Capitol' No Surprise to World]" By T.R. Reid, ''[[Washington Post]]'', July 26, 1998</ref> While the United States faced a possible armed invasion by a foreign army during World War II (as noted above), today America faces attacks such as [[San Bernadino, California]] or [[Sandy Hook, CT]]. "Gun nut" refers to people who are resisting efforts to keep guns out of the hands of terrorist or mentally ill people.
To liberals, homeland security officials, or anti-terrorism strategists, "gun nut" is an [[insult]]. They regard the term as a [[pejorative]] [[stereotype]] hurled at gun owners by [[:Category:Anti Second Amendment|gun control activists]] as a way of suggesting that they exhibit abnormal behavior, are fanatical, or even are a threat to the safety of others.<ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BN&p_theme=bn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAF9B07493D3700&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Shoot-out Confirms Foreign View of America as 'Gun Nut' Country]" by T.R. Reid, ''The Buffalo News'', July 26, 1998</ref><ref>"[http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LB&p_theme=lb&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EAE8D5DC080AAF3&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM Massacres Fail to Sway Gun Nuts and their Lobbyists]" November 7, 1991, Press-Telegram ([[Long Beach]], [[California]])</ref><ref>"[http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-ed-guns17jun17,1,5131671.story?coll=la-news-comment Small steps on gun control]" [[Los Angeles Times]], June 17, 2007</ref><ref>"[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2005030835,00.html Gun nut fired over pics]" by Jamie Pyatt, [[The Sun]] ([[UK]])</ref><ref>"[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/shooting/stories/world072698.htm 'Terror in Capitol' No Surprise to World]" By T.R. Reid, ''[[Washington Post]]'', July 26, 1998</ref> While the United States faced a possible armed invasion by a foreign army during World War II (as noted above), today America faces attacks such as [[San Bernadino, California]] or [[Sandy Hook, Connecticut]]. "Gun nut" refers to people who are resisting efforts to keep guns out of the hands of terrorist or mentally ill people.
===In media===
The idea of a "gun nut" has been painted in a variety of different ways for many years in the [[United States of America|United States]]. [[Main Stream Media|News]] reports push this idea whenever possible, and [[movies]], TV shows, and [[book]]s often promote this idea as well. Not only are characters portrayed this way, but others' responses are staged to cast a negative light on such people.
The picture which is fed to the American people is usually that of some foolish, grouchy (often old) man who is obsessed with [[guns]]. He will often be shown to threaten others, break the law frequently and carelessly, and be generally reckless. They will often be shown shooting at law enforcement officers or other people for no good reason. They are also shown going on rants of blended truth and extreme exaggeration to discredit both portions of the rant in the viewers' eyes. Most fictional "gun nuts" are shown as southern "[[Redneck|rednecks]]."<ref>http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gun%20nut</ref>
==See also==
==See also==