My Neighbor is Going to Kill Me!

MY NEIGHBOR IS GOING TO KILL ME

We all share this country-or try to any way.  It's a beautiful, chaotic cluster frag of an experiment in both social doctrine and self governance.  One of the lynch pins in this idea (whether you like it or not) is the fact that the citizenry can privately own firearms.  The reasons being are for hunting, protection from hostile citizens, and protection from government tyranny.  This seems like a simple idea and on the surface it is.  Beneath it is a huge amount of responsibility.  As with any freedom or liberty there is an individual responsibility to exercise that right without infringing on another citizen's.

Those who reject personal responsibility do not make good gun owners.  Often they stray from the idea of ownership entirely.  It is a huge power and responsibility to own a weapon that can take lives with a mere squeeze of a trigger.  Often this breeds an irrational fear into others.  They feel that because they are incapable of such a responsibility and power that everyone is.  These folks are the ones who appreciate and promote social sameness and removal of individual rights.  Everyone is just like me and I cannot handle this responsibility therefore it is a bad idea.

Another reason given for gun bans by those in favor is that I hear "People will go berserk".  Simply direct their attention to cities and neighborhoods with a high percentage of gun owners.  Ask them to filter through the amount of deaths that occur during a home invasion or mugging.  Disregard those figures since self defense is not a crime...at least not in my opinion.  Another one I hear often is "My neighbor will kill me!"  I always resort to a couple simple questions just after hearing this.  I ask "How do you know your neighbor will hurt you?  Have they threatened you already?"  This is a no win.  Should the answer be "no" you can more or less pat them on the shoulder because they are afraid of something they made up.

Indeed the fear is always made up.  It is never real.  Whose to say your neighbor is not already a gun owner and yet here you are espousing fear over something that will never happen.  Should the answer be yes you tell them to notify the police as this behavior is dangerous and illegal.  It also opens another window.  Ask them "Why have you not armed yourself if your life is in danger?"  Again they cannot say anything that bears a resemblance to rational thought.  It is counter intuitive to say that I deem my life precious but I will never take up arms to defend it.  How else can this be explained?  I am under threat of violence and instead of preparing for a possible altercation I labor to remove all guns from America?  Is that a speedy way to safety?  I wouldnt think so.  Even if your wish comes true and guns become illegal; what if your neighbor refuses to disarm?  You have solved nothing.  Your life is still in danger.

This mindset comes from the fact that I think those who say such nonsense are themselves violent people.  They think about hurting their neighbor or what it might be like.  In turn they project those thoughts and feelings onto others...remember we are all the same.  Cognitive dissonance is a hell of a thing.  It can make false things real and vice versa.  It really is the only way I can even attempt to explain this behavior.  A friend of mine is under the impression that should open carry become legal country wide there would be blood letting of epic proportions.  I suppose he doesnt know that some states allow it as well as concealed carry and yet no one with respect for that responsibility opens fire on another for a pair of sneakers.

Again it boils down to responsibility and morals.  I think people who favor a gun ban are themselves amoral.  They would see us disarmed i the face of crips and bloods.  If a maniac wants to break into my home and savagely rape my wife after murdering me then so be it-what could I do?  Call the police?  You mean call men with guns to come save me?  The pathetically veiled truth they present is "We don't want to see anyone else get hurt" but as you see in those two examples people will still get hurt.  It'll be the people who are responsible, moral, and virtuous enough to defend society from the nasty elements.