Gun shops and the fearful.

Submitted by MostlyGenius on Fri, 03/14/2008 - 08:28

I walked into a gun shop

So it was really strange for me to stand there looking into the barrels of these tools of death. I felt a bit scared, even though no one was pointing a gun at me. Just the thought that something so clean and small could take away my life in an instance…

It is a terrible thing to live in fear. Especially of 'stuff.'

I hung around for a bit longer. A little kid and his dad were walking by the gun counter and dad was looking at the hand guns. The little kid spoke in a high pitched voice:”Dad. Why do you need a gun?”… “Dad. Are these guns real?”…”Dad. Why do you need a gun?”… I walked out.

I love the 'moral high ground' ending.

Anyway you need an answer. I don't think anyone should own something with no purpose. When my little kids asked me about my guns I said that they were for shooting bad people. They didn't wrestle with the moral implications of the question, but rather the practical considerations: "you mean like pirates, robbers, and monsters?" At kindergarten age the kids know that guns are to protect us and to fight back against the bad people of the world.

Comments

Gun shop visit
Fri, 03/14/2008 - 11:01 — Anonymous

Tell all this "moral high road" irrationality to the cougar/mountain lion who is dragging your child away to be eaten alive or to you who are about to be confronted by such a deadly beast-in your neighborhood. The psychopathic criminal who will NEVER shed a tear of regret because of the horrible death his knife caused you or one of your loved ones will be happy to know you are unarmed. Thats why your his victim. Do you feel the same moral outrage when you go into a car dealership knowing full well that a criminal or maniac can get into a car and plow into large crowds of people at high rates of speed. Maybe we should ban cars and trucks for this reason. I would call you an idiot, but your worse. Your a willing victim.

I might be reading to much into it
Fri, 03/14/2008 - 12:42 — MostlyGenius

but the "I walked out" presumably into a beautiful and peaceful world cracks me up.

You are spot on with your comment. It is easy to philosophize against violence, it's another matter when violence is done you or someone you care about.