I’ve never understood the appeal of guns. People I know have tried to explain it to me and I still can’t. Like unless you’re a hunter or something, why do you want something that discharges small pieces of metal at speeds that can kill or permanently dismember/injure someone?
They’re like “what if someone breaks into your house?” and I’m like “I wouldn’t want to kill them over a break in, unless they broke in to try and kill me or my fiance. And even THEN, I’d want them subdued so they could be prosecuted and face consequences that are non-lethal.
I feel like it’s a compensation thing. Guns make insecure men feel more secure the same way a giant truck, expensive sports car, or a sock stuffed in their pants would. They sell the illusion of security when in reality they’re more likely to kill themselves or a family member.
It’s also about fear. Fox has a third of the country convinced that they need protection in this ridiculous form from other people in society who pose a threat to their safety and are “out to get them.” Guns are an industry that rests upon lies, misconceptions, fear & insecurity.
Get a tranquilizer gun. Or a stun gun. Or one of a million other options for protecting yourself that don’t involve potentially killing yourself, someone in your family; or even “an intruder.” And stop spending your life afraid of others because a network told you to be.
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