Comments on: A life in fear

By: Michael B

Michael B — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 08:30:09 +0000

Fear and anger. Like Jose G., I’ve heard a bunch of gun-banners say something to the effective, “I think guns should be banned, because I know what I would do if I had one….”

By: Dr. Feelgood

Dr. Feelgood — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:28:47 +0000

I ask gun-averse people if they’ve ever been to the movie theater, grocery store, mall, WalMart, etc. Then I give them the statistics: roughly 4% of all eligible persons (in my state) have permits to carry firearms. It is highly likely that they already interact with lawfully armed persons on a regular basis.

Then I emphasize how I could have killed them at any point in our relationship, with or without a weapon, had I chosen to do so.

Then I ask if they want to learn how to shoot.

By: Weer'd Beard

Weer'd Beard — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:47:23 +0000

I like to ask, “Who you gonna trust more – me or a criminal? Cause that is what it comes down to with gun control.”

Or how I ask it: Take one group of people and lock them in a room for a day with *pick gunnie here. Myself, Caleb, Tam, the owner of the local gun shop* with a fully loaded machine gun.

Next take a similar group of people, but lock them in with a convicted gang member with multiple convictions of assault and rape under his belt, and give him a cheap china-made screwdriver.

Which group of people is in more danger?

You know an honest person when they answer the question. The places I post this, it doesn’t get answered….I wonder why? : ] (PS only Trolls like MikeB need to supply an answer here)

By: techres

techres — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:41:58 +0000

I like to ask, “Who you gonna trust more – me or a criminal? Cause that is what it comes down to with gun control.”

By: Joanna

Joanna — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:47:50 +0000

I have a fire extinguisher, but I don’t lie awake at night, sweating bullets (heh) that the apartment is going to burn down.

By: jbomultigun

jbomultigun — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:20:18 +0000

“Of course, they accuse people who own and carry guns of living in fear.”

Any time I get an anti-gun person accusing me of this, I point out that I have absolutely no problem with any of my friends, neighbors, or even *gasp* complete strangers choosing to own firearms.

I then point out that all of these people can and do own firearms, and that I have no problem trusting them with their chosen firearms.

This fundamentally serves two purposes:
-It dispels the notion that I’m somehow living in fear.
-It makes the anti-gun person look like a paranoid jackass.

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:36:00 +0000

It really is a sad situation. I will never really understand that sides reasoning. As if eliminating guns (and every other weapon) would suddenly make people incapable of violent action. There will always be bad people who do bad things. Better to acknowledge that and be prepared for it on the individual level than pretend that evil doesn’t walk any place it isn’t actively opposed.

By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:29:40 +0000

Of course, they accuse people who own and carry guns of living in fear. Even if we accept that for the sake of argument, which is a more rational fear?

1. Fear of a small, violent minority.
2. Fear of the average, law-abiding citizen next door.

By: Jose Gigante

Jose Gigante — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:06:22 +0000

It’s as if that’s what they’d do if they had a firearm. If they found themselves with a firearm, they’d go on a shooting spree with the smallest provocation. That or they feel that they’d not have any power over a person with a gun, they then couldn’t tell said person how to live their life.

By: NMM1AFan

NMM1AFan — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 18:40:11 +0000

Freedom is scary to some people, if they’ve been brainwashed enough.

I’m getting tired of it, frankly. Can we start calling out the cowards for what they are?

Bunch of gutless, spineless, prissy little pansies…