athletes and guns

[Noah Evans]

I'm sure it has a lot to do with image. However, many of these guys do
come from some very dangerous parts of America and even if they're in
no *real* danger now, the idea of having a gun as protection and a
form of power must be very appealing.

Has anyone ever done an analysis of the economic backgrounds of
players compared to gun ownership? I'm willing to bet rowers and
soccer players don't carry weapons.

Noah

On 11/10/06, Frederick Hurley <fth at hurleyit.com> wrote:
> On Fri, November 10, 2006 9:26 am, Berry, Mark  S wrote:
> > Yep. Pierce is the one guy who almost has to get a free pass.
> >
> > I just hate the canned responses about having money and cars and being in
> > danger. They're not the only people with nice things. If you want to have
> > a gun, you have the right to have a gun. But the clichéd crap about them
> > being targets gets under my skin.
>
> I've considered gun ownership because I (with a few friends) enjoyed going
> to a local range in college, and target shooting.  To me, it wasn't much
> different than billiards, albeit with significant safety requirements.
> But honestly, it really was a target sport for us.  This is one of several
> legitimate reasons one might desire to own a legal, licensed firearm.  But
> we're talking about young guys, here.  Does anyone believe that in many of
> these cases, it has NOTHING to do with the image?
>
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