Gun Control

[Pyrrho]

Interesting question.  My father-in-law is a retired police officer, who also worked as a guard at a hospital emergency room some years ago.  I am sure that he saw gunshot wounds, if not on the job as a police officer, on the job as a security guard at an emergency room (though in that case, he would only be looking at the results, and not be present while the person was being shot).  He did not like having a gun, but it was required for his job, and as soon as he got home, the first thing he did was empty the bullets from the gun, and lock up the ammunition in one strongbox, and lock up the gun in another strongbox.  He did not want his children (or anyone else) getting their hands on either the gun or the ammunition, and he was not living in fear that someone would kick down his door and murder him, as the odds of that are pretty low.

Your father-in-law is the perfect example of how people should own, maintain, and use firearms.  If that was a universal norm instead of the all-too-rare exception, my issues with gun ownership would vanish like a fart in a typhoon.

Boru
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I have no problems with responsible gun ownership.  The problem is, as you say, that there are too many irresponsible idiots with guns.

(As an aside, if my father-in-law ever pointed a gun at me, I would be very afraid, not because he might accidentally shoot me, but because I would know that he intended to shoot me if he ever did such a thing.  That is the responsible way with a gun; never, ever point it at anyone unless you intend to shoot them and are fine with killing them.  That idea applies regardless of whether it is "loaded" or not.  Anyone who points an "unloaded" gun at someone as a joke is a fucking idiot who should never be allowed to have a gun.)