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Originally Posted by Amputate Your Head
I just find the different views people have on this stuff to be fascinating. There are people that will tell you that guns are straight up "evil". And then there are others that will defend them (guns) with the same ferocity they would use to defend their own child, yet most have no idea what a real gunshot does to a real body. Most have never seen a dead body. And most would probably be incapable of killing another human up close and personal when the event presented itself.
I find both ends to be ridiculous. And so, I come up with ideas and questions to get people thinking a little deeper than just what they've seen on tv. I think a lot of people want to carry because it would let them feel like some kind of bad ass. Psuedo-authority is not a good thing for anyone. I hear a lot of, "well, if someone had a concealed carry, they could have prevented this...." but the reality is, more people would probably die for no reason.
Having a gun and the ability to kill a man where he stands do not come as a package deal.  |
I know what you are up to man, and I agree.
At the end of the day, for most people guns are gadgets. They fetishize them the same way they fetishize cameras or computers or whatever. But this is a gadget that makes you stand a little taller and maybe act a little tougher than you should and some people love that.
I lived in Tucson for a long while and I know where the store in the story is and I can tell you right now, there isn't shit in the dump worth losing your life over, or worth taking a life over.
And for the record the store owner lit those guys up with a POS Mossberg shotgun, not a concealed handgun (a good friend of mine is a Tucson reporter).