Guns.
I love 'em. I own: a shotgun, two 9mm handguns, and two .22's. The 22's, of course, are just because they are fun to shoot.
I absolutely love target shooting, so my opinion on the matter is . . . complicated.
I'm also a single woman living alone. The loaded shotgun stays by my bed.
Could I pull the trigger? If someone was in my house, you bet. I'll go to therapy after.
BUT . . . I think they are way too easy for someone to buy. When I bought my first gun, I had to fill out papers, have a background
check, get fingerprinted, and wait - - 30 days, I think. Now . . . they just take your contact info and drivers license.
And with increasing violence in the media and in video games, it's even easier for angry guys to associate guns with personal power
and vengeance.
So, if the time comes when guns are banned and I have to give them up, I will. I'll be particularly sad over my STI Elektra, but I will
give her up.
I love 'em. I own: a shotgun, two 9mm handguns, and two .22's. The 22's, of course, are just because they are fun to shoot.
I absolutely love target shooting, so my opinion on the matter is . . . complicated.
I'm also a single woman living alone. The loaded shotgun stays by my bed.
Could I pull the trigger? If someone was in my house, you bet. I'll go to therapy after.
BUT . . . I think they are way too easy for someone to buy. When I bought my first gun, I had to fill out papers, have a background
check, get fingerprinted, and wait - - 30 days, I think. Now . . . they just take your contact info and drivers license.
And with increasing violence in the media and in video games, it's even easier for angry guys to associate guns with personal power
and vengeance.
So, if the time comes when guns are banned and I have to give them up, I will. I'll be particularly sad over my STI Elektra, but I will
give her up.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein
