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I just want to say I hate this question. Here is the context I most recently heard it.
"You are just going to the movies. Do you really need a gun?"
My mother addressing me when she saw me strapping on my 9mm to go to a late night flick. Now my normal response is:
"I hope not."
That is a great defusal answer to that stupid question. I understand my mother though. She is my mother. She only thinks of me as her child. Doesn't matter that I have a license and several thousand round of practice and the best safety instruction a father can provide.
But it got me thinking. Why do people ask about need? Whose business is it to ask if I need it? Who can tell me what I need? Why do people seek to regulate on need? Where is the word "need" in the 2nd?
"You are just going to the movies. Do you really need a gun?"
My mother addressing me when she saw me strapping on my 9mm to go to a late night flick. Now my normal response is:
"I hope not."
That is a great defusal answer to that stupid question. I understand my mother though. She is my mother. She only thinks of me as her child. Doesn't matter that I have a license and several thousand round of practice and the best safety instruction a father can provide.
But it got me thinking. Why do people ask about need? Whose business is it to ask if I need it? Who can tell me what I need? Why do people seek to regulate on need? Where is the word "need" in the 2nd?