jblomenberg16
Grandmaster
I'm actually serious if you can believe that. I was on a conference call tonight with some folks from work getting ready for a presentation this Friday. The team members I'm presenting with are from all over the world.
2 are from India and now live in the US. 1 still lives in India, and one is a US native now living in Australia. (reason for the 9pm conf call)
As the conference call was winding down, the inevitable debate about US health care cropped up. We talked about health care in India (very much socialized) as well as Australia.
The comments around Australia lead to a comment about how they are a good example of what the US could be if we continue down the path we are on. Personal gun ownership came up, and the other US guy says to me, "yeah, you wouldn't like living down here, you couldn't bring your guns."
Immediately there was the ghasp from one of the members from India of "Why would anyone ever want to own a gun?"
I decided that a business conference call wasn't the right place to state my thoughts on the matter, so invited that person to discuss it with me over a beer next time we are together face to face. Surprisingly, the person declined, almost in a condescending way.
Anyhow, I thought the exchange was a bit interesting just from the fact that this individual is used to a completely different form of Democracy in India, and now lives in a very large metropolitan area in the US that is likely left leaning. I don't think they are aware of the passion many of us have for our rights, including the RKBA.
2 are from India and now live in the US. 1 still lives in India, and one is a US native now living in Australia. (reason for the 9pm conf call)
As the conference call was winding down, the inevitable debate about US health care cropped up. We talked about health care in India (very much socialized) as well as Australia.
The comments around Australia lead to a comment about how they are a good example of what the US could be if we continue down the path we are on. Personal gun ownership came up, and the other US guy says to me, "yeah, you wouldn't like living down here, you couldn't bring your guns."
Immediately there was the ghasp from one of the members from India of "Why would anyone ever want to own a gun?"
I decided that a business conference call wasn't the right place to state my thoughts on the matter, so invited that person to discuss it with me over a beer next time we are together face to face. Surprisingly, the person declined, almost in a condescending way.
Anyhow, I thought the exchange was a bit interesting just from the fact that this individual is used to a completely different form of Democracy in India, and now lives in a very large metropolitan area in the US that is likely left leaning. I don't think they are aware of the passion many of us have for our rights, including the RKBA.