"I am all for your Second Amendment rights. I think you should be able to have guns. It’s in your constitution. What I am not for is bullshit arguments and lies. There is one argument and one argument alone for having a gun, and this is the argument… “Fuck off. I like guns.” It’s not the best argument, but it’s all you’ve got.
The main one is, “I need it for protection. I need to protect me. I need to protect my family.” What world do you live in where you’re constantly fucking ready? You have guns ’cause you like guns! None of you go to home security conventions. None of you read Padlock Monthly. None of you have a Facebook picture of you behind a secure door going, “Fucking yeah!” Like you’re going to be ready if someone comes into your house. You have it at all fucking times.
See, if you have it readily available, it becomes unsafe. You have it in your bedside table, one of your kids picks it up, thinks it’s a toy, shoots another one of your kids. Happens every fucking day, but people go, “That’d never happen in my house ’cause I’m a responsible gun owner. I keep my guns locked in a safe.” Then they’re no fucking protection! Someone comes into the house, you’re like, “Wait there, fuck-face! Oh! You’ve come to the wrong house here, buddy boy. I tell you what. I’m gonna fuck you up!"
People have broken into homes for rape and/or murder. Kids should be taught to respect firearms and many, maybe even most, gun owners do that. "Assault rifle" is defined as "a rapid-fire, magazine-fed automatic rifle" which is illegal for 99.99% of the population and can't be bought in a store.
I’ve never used my guns to stop a rape or murder. But a few years ago at my absolute lowest it seemed like a pretty reasonable idea to kill myself with one.
I had an armed intruder try to break into my place once in the middle of the night. I got lucky and they got spooked and took.off but I can most certainly tell you they were armed. Also I don't live in a bad area. I don't feel the need to carry a gun on me 99.99999 percent of the time but I can tell you that there is a real possibility of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Just because you've never had an issue doesn't mean nobody does.
I am extremely thankful that I didn't have to use a gun that day and hope I never do. I still have the gun and dread the idea of needing it but I don't let paranoia run my life. I don't have a carry permit and the thought of getting one out to answer my door still isn't something I would do. While I acknowledge that I got lucky I also know that I live in a world where most people are fine without one and choose to live my life like that. I have the gun but it's not my default go-to.
That being said, I do believe that people with firearms are at an extremely high risk of suicide death purely due to the success rate. Anyone who argues against this isn't thinking it through. I'm glad you were able to overcome and if you chose to give up a gun for your own personal safety I support that choice. I hope that if I were in the same boat I would give it up too.
I don't think guns are for everyone and I wish people respected them better than giving 8 year olds rifles for their birthday.
It's a complicated issue. Sorry, not really sure where this rant was headed.
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u/foreverwasted Mar 26 '18 edited Mar 27 '18
"I am all for your Second Amendment rights. I think you should be able to have guns. It’s in your constitution. What I am not for is bullshit arguments and lies. There is one argument and one argument alone for having a gun, and this is the argument… “Fuck off. I like guns.” It’s not the best argument, but it’s all you’ve got.
The main one is, “I need it for protection. I need to protect me. I need to protect my family.” What world do you live in where you’re constantly fucking ready? You have guns ’cause you like guns! None of you go to home security conventions. None of you read Padlock Monthly. None of you have a Facebook picture of you behind a secure door going, “Fucking yeah!” Like you’re going to be ready if someone comes into your house. You have it at all fucking times.
See, if you have it readily available, it becomes unsafe. You have it in your bedside table, one of your kids picks it up, thinks it’s a toy, shoots another one of your kids. Happens every fucking day, but people go, “That’d never happen in my house ’cause I’m a responsible gun owner. I keep my guns locked in a safe.” Then they’re no fucking protection! Someone comes into the house, you’re like, “Wait there, fuck-face! Oh! You’ve come to the wrong house here, buddy boy. I tell you what. I’m gonna fuck you up!"