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I don't think it has anything to do with fear. I don't have any need for a gun. I've owned them in the past, I sold them and I have never found the desire to get another one. If I wanted one, I'd go buy one. There is no fear whatsoever involved in my decision.
And I agree wholeheartedly with you - that's word-for-word my own situation, too. I've owned them in the past, I got my weapons quals in the military...but I see no need to have one now.
The question's easy - there's many people out there who feel that they need a gun (or guns), usually for self-defense, but sometimes because they believe the government just might come knocking to confiscate their guns.
On the other hand, there's people out there (like myself) who simply don't want a gun, who doesn't have a need for one.
So who, really, is the one who's more afraid? The one who feels he needs a gun for self-defense, or the one who doesn't feel he needs a gun for self-defense?
Guns are one of those things you don't need until you do. Then you wish you had one....or two or three....And I agree wholeheartedly with you - that's word-for-word my own situation, too. I've owned them in the past, I got my weapons quals in the military...but I see no need to have one now.
The question's easy - there's many people out there who feel that they need a gun (or guns), usually for self-defense, but sometimes because they believe the government just might come knocking to confiscate their guns.
On the other hand, there's people out there (like myself) who simply don't want a gun, who doesn't have a need for one.
So who, really, is the one who's more afraid? The one who feels he needs a gun for self-defense, or the one who doesn't feel he needs a gun for self-defense?
Owning a gun is now a God given right? Interesting...citizens who wish to exercise their God given rights?
The 2nd Amendment gives all Americans the right to excersize that right or not. The folk that make me shake my head are not the ones that dont want to have anything to do with firearms, or those that have firearms for sport or protection...the folk that make me shake my head is those that believe that the 2A pretains to everything from the firearm they possess down to the snaps on the holster they wish to wear.
Owning a gun is now a God given right? Interesting...
Owning a gun is now a God given right? Interesting...
What do firearms have to do with God? Or did God suddenly wink into existence with the advent of gunpowder?
It's also not necessarily about wanting to protect yourself either. My sister and her husband are into collecting guns and competitive shooting and that kind of thing. I don't have any interest in it but they do. Zero fear involved. It's the people who feel the need to put a gun under their pillow because they're afraid someone is going to break in that we need to worry about.
I wish that more from both sides of the aisle would understand that there's a lot of people who feel that way, who aren't so eager to use deadly force at the first opportunity.
Per usual, the question presumes facts not in evidence.
The desire to own a firearm is most often couched in the presumption that the individual is the first who should be responsible for their own safety and a firearm is simply part of being adequately prepared. It's like carrying a condom. You may not need it but when the time comes it's a good idea to have one.
However, in the interests of humoring the OP, I as the following:
Who is more afraid? The person who believes that all gun owners are violent assassins or the one who believes that gun owners are generally law abiding citizens who wish to exercise their God given rights?
Guns are one of those things you don't need until you do. Then you wish you had one....or two or three....
I'm not a doomsday prepper or anything like that, but, I do believe that we should all be prepared for an incident like Katrina or the L.A. riots. A time where you need to be able to self-sustain for about a week, defend yourself, and hunt if need be. A person without a gun can't really do those things when most of the aggressors around them will have one....or two or three. A gun is something I believe every household should have.
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