by Lyion » Thu May 02, 2013 6:27 am
I don't get 'snide'. I get ticked off about our culture and need for guns. It's not like I'm coming from an unknown angle. I grew up with them. I owned a gun at 4. I grew up with more guns then some South American countries have. I worked for the FBI. I am a combat military veteran with expert pistol and rifle marksman ribbons. More important than that, I'm a father and I just don't trust the vast majority of people out there with firearms to keep them safe. In regards to our founding fathers and today, You can't really compare a musket a family really needed with an AR-15 in the hands of an uneducated, unemployed 19 year old.
My Dad had a gun locker and secured his guns, but I distinctly remember having his 45 in my hands at 4 years old, also. He promptly took it out but little kids get into things. It's what they do. Also, most people do not have the money to secure their weapons, and the vast amount of paranoid people who 'require' them for protection likewise need them close by. It's why you have so many accidents. It's why you have situations like the Jovan Belcher one.
You are not the problem, Spazz. Neither is Ganzo who I am sure is a responsible person. 'People' are, in my opinion. I'm not sure if that makes sense, but it's the same deal with Pit Bulls which I likewise would outlaw.
What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step.
– C. S. Lewis