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Mainly due to the conceit of the “enlightened elite”".

You see, they hate guns. Fully, completely, and unreservedly. They buy into the old “Freudian” thing about a gun being a substitute for a certain part of the male anatomy- and they hate that part of the male anatomy, which they consider the root of aggression.

(Note; Dr. Freud never made that statement, which is so often attributed to him; it was actually Von Sacher-Masoch who said it. Freud and Kinsey rejected his hypothesis. In fact, Dr. Freud stated that an inordinate fear of weapons was a sign of emotional immaturity. To continue;)

Since the “elite’” hate guns, it follows that they pride themselves on their ignorance of same. Knowledge equals a demonstration of approval to them, so to show true fealty to “right-thinking” dogmas, you must know nothing of that which you hate (for “all the right reasons”). This is why you find newsreaders, Congresspersons, etc., who;

1. Cannot tell the difference between a semi-automatic weapon and a fully-automatic or selective-fire one;

2. Refer to any weapon they see as an “assault weapon”;

3. Call telescopic-sighted hunting rifles “sniper rifles”:

4. Maintain that “assault weapons” are always fired from the hip (only in the hands of the untrained or stupid) and that they never miss in doing so (only in Hollywood);

5. Talk about how “high-powered” such weapons are (never having read a ballistics chart);

6. Etc.

The fact that many such people are protected by armed bodyguards, often equipped with fully-automatic weapons (Uzis are favored, since the Beretta M93R is out of production) is not a contradiction, or hypocritical, in their minds. After all, thety are the “elite’”; they are “entitled” to be protected from the Great Unwashed, while they micromanage them. (And since the guns which guard them are in the hands of what they think of as “menials”- little more than trained attack dogs, in their view- they are OK.)

You will find this attitude repeated on many subjects with the “enlightened elite’”. Nuclear power, the war on Islamist terrorism, free markets vs. centrally-planned economies, etc. Whatever they oppose, they want no part of learning the facts about. Their ignorance is both their mark of distinction, and their armor. As long as they don’t know any facts, they are free to decide things based solely on their “feelings”. And to be admired by their peers for their “superior consciousness” and higher, finer “sensibilities”.

Which is, after all, what being a member of the “enlightened elite’” is all about.

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