The people who are emotionally in favor
of all kinds of gun control are motivated by selfishness, IMO. Please follow my
possible feeble reasoning.
A large number of people hate guns.
Perhaps they have had an experience with some nut job and had a traumatic
experience. Perhaps they have never even handled a gun but are scared of them
to their core. Will any amount of factual information do anything to change
their minds?
Doubtful.
Here is where the selfishness comes in.
“I
am special, my family is special, and my friends are special. It is outrageous
we should be made to feel uncomfortable because of your, to us archaic and unfathomable,
‘rights’. Our need to be untroubled is far more important than anything you
want”.
Today I read a comment on OldAF Sarge’s
blog written by Prairie Adventure that resonated with me. I urge you to read
it.
Because of this selfishness and the
resulting dishonesty any firearm laws will be subverted and perverted by the
gun grabbers while patting themselves on the back for their ‘superior’ wisdom.
Red Flag Laws are the current example. I
know, and I’m sure readers know, people who are so careless and bat shit crazy
they are a danger to themselves and others. The gun grabbers see this as an
opportunity, not to enhance public safety, but to disarm everyone (but their
selected few bodyguards).
This is a battle that will never end. We
must be committed to fighting it forever.
As always, YMMV
A personal quibble. I don’t use the word,
“gun” unless referring to a smoothbore. Firearms, pistol, rifle, whatever, but
not “gun”. Eight weeks at Ft Leonard
Wood, circa 1963, reinforced that mindset.
ADDENDUM
I'm always willing to recognize I may be wrong. Herre is another view.
http://jpfo.org/filegen-n-z/ragingagainstselfdefense.htm
