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Having mingled with the gun community for some time, there are a lot of level-headed people among gun owners but there are also a worrying amount of terminally fearful people with violent ideation. Many are likely one bad life event, one half-cocked response to an uncertain situation from being a mugshot on a news story like this prick.
And if you don't have insurance, likely cheaper too.
Are you kidding? Even with insurance a gun is cheaper.
Cheaper too.
And significantly easier to not accidentally kill someone as a gun owner. I get your gist but that's a terrible comparison.
This is why US has so much gun violence. Like rabid dog owners assuring you theyre safe. You just havent seen them when theyre not level headed, we're all emotional apes.
Yep. Even the "responsible" gun owners I know radiate the "I want you to know I'm dangerous" energy when they tell you how prepared they are, "just in case something happens that requires a gun"
There are other quieter owners you never really hear about though. My brother never really talks about it, doesn't chime in to water cooler "what are you shooting" kinds of talks, and basically just keeps them in the gun safe except for his ~2x a year gun range trips to make sure he stays competent.
He treats them like his garage full of dangerous power tools. Not a toy, but good to have in your back pocket should there be a need for that particular tool some day.
I know most gun owners go their entire lives never shooting someone.
But i dont trust anyones judgment on who will or wont. Its not just the loud and proud gun enthusiasts that end up on the homicide news.
Even the cops who aren't bastards could make the wrong assessment here, too.
It's safer to go unarmed so when the pros show up you don't become a concern for them for an instant.
Cops who… aren’t bastards?
I don’t follow.
A significantly unfortunate number of gun owners treat them like fashion accessories. To be displayed, accessorized, collected, and carelessly treated.
Every gun owner is a responsible gun owner until they aren't.
For the same reason, it makes spur of the moment suicide attempts more likely, and more deadly.
The problem is that both groups have the same ease of access to weapons.
Until there are a lot more reliable ways to tell the 2 groups apart, weapons need to be a lot more difficult to get your hands on.