Last edited Tue Feb 26, 2013, 10:45 AM - Edit history (1)
Yeah, guess I'm one of those edgy types. Grew up with overly enthusiastically gun-loving brothers who loved to threaten their commie pinko liberal little brother with their toys. Endless lectures about how those guns were going to set the country straight again by putting people like me up against the wall when the time came. I was 20 years younger than them -- still a child so I couldn't just walk away, but being a captive audience to their fantasies opened my eyes to what kinds of darker bullshit actually can actually sit behind second amendment "government tyranny" types -- many of the darker fantasies set them up as the bosses in the new order they create. But because they are Americans somehow they see themselves as quite different than armed thugs you see in failed states across the world and certainly better than *those* people in the cities.
But you sound kind of reasonable, so I will ask you a few questions about what you wrote in the hopes you can clarify a few things.
1) Is any law really made worthless by the fact that someone, somewhere will break it?
2) What fraction of gun owners do you think you speak for (and by that I mean uber-responsible, biometric locks and control at all times)?
3) If you were to advocate that all gun owners follow your rules, do you think you would get an enthusiastic response from them?
4) Do you know that absolutely, under no circumstances, would you ever lose control while in possession of your weapon on your hip?
5) Following up on number 4, do you believe that if you realized that you'd lost your emotional stability you would do the proper thing and turn yourself in for professional help and entrust your gun to a responsible party without prompting or coercion or the intervention of law enforcement?
6) Following up on number 5, what fraction of gun owners do you think would do the same if faced with the same situation?
7) Following up on number 5 again, what if more than one person around you told you that you seemed need professional help and that your judgement was impaired but deep down in your core you absolutely knew that they were wrong. Would you (even if you felt it WAS NOT proper) turn yourself in for professional help and entrust your gun to a responsible party without prompting or coercion or the intervention of law enforcement?
8) Following up on number 7, what fraction of gun owners do you think would do the same if faced with that situation.
THanks for your answers in advance. You sound reasonable, so I'm excited to hear what you have to say!
= new reply since forum marked as read
