So if I carry a firearm that looks like a sniper weapon I need to be wary of what they'll think? Shotguns are scary to some folks, as are pistols. Should I give those up too? Why do I need to be like everybody else? What you are suggesting is called becoming one of the SHEEPLE. (SHEEP + PEOPLE) I don't care to be one of the flock. I am trying to educate folks.

There are lots of people who don't fish, they drive sensible cars that have trouble doing 0-60 in a minute, and they eat bean curd like I eat meat. Do I need to do as they do, and dress like them too? I don't want to drive a 1972 VW van and protest for nuclear free zones. Hopefully you enjoy being different.

I blame the media for the perception of what folks call "assault rifles", and every time I see it misrepresented, I write to them to correct them. The media is not accurate by any account. They bend the facts to meet their needs so they can sell papers, airtime, and commercials.

The priveledge to hunt and the right to keep and bear arms are two entirely different subjects. If you give them one gun, they'll keep on going until they get them all. The anti gun folks tell the sheeple that they'll still be able to hunt, "So just give us those black guns. Oh, while you're at it, give the pistols and other semi autos to us too." That's what they did in Australia. That's what they'll do here too, if the sheeple bow to them.

Don't be a sheep.