Gun control is racist, sexist, classist, ageist, intolerant, anti-gay, and wrong.

It seems to me that the only reason to have a gun is because you want to shoot something or somebody. Why should that be anyone's right?[/quote]

Gun control is racist. Google "Black Codes". The first gun control laws were passed to disarm blacks so they could not resist the Klan.

Gun control is sexist. Women have less strength to resist a physical attack, so gun control disproportionally disarms them.

Gun control is intolerant. Using and owning guns safely and legally is a life choice shared by millions of Americans that does no harm to others. By calling for gun control, one equates oneself with those calling to ban gay marriage. It's the exact same language.

Gun control is ageist. The aged have less strength to resist a physical attack, so gun control disproportionally disarms them.

Gun control is anti-gay. People of alternative sexualities are more likely to be attacked by a group of people, so gun control disproportionally disarms them.

Gun control is classist. The poor live in bad neighborhoods, are more likely to be victims of a crime, and cannot pay bodyguards, so gun control disproportionally disarms them.

Gun control promotes patriarchy. A white privileged heterosexual male has nothing to fear from gun control - he is less likely to be a victim of a crime, can pay bodyguards, is strong enough to fight off individual attackers, and is not likely to be attacked because of his sexuality.

Therefore, gun control cannot be upheld by any Democrat like me interested in a progressive, tolerant, and liberal society.