Why People Fear Guns

[GalvestonDuck]

I'm armed with a knife, which I carry, and a staff that stays at home, which I can beat someone's living brains out with if need be. Of course, I know, if they're armed with a gun, my chances of survival are slimmer than if it's an unarmed intruder.

I'm not afraid of guns. But I've seen first-hand, many times over, the damage that a single bullet can inflict on the human body. Not once in the ER did I see someone who deserved to be shot (someone shot in self-defense. Many of them were bullets fired during a crime or argument. Some were self-inflicted. And a sad number were the result of accidental shooting. I simply choose to carry another type of weapon for my own defense.

However, when I handle a firearm, I know not to point it at anyone unless I intend to shoot them, I know to keep my finger off the trigger unless I intend to fire it, and I know to treat it as if it's loaded. I was taught that as a child with toy guns. But I see kids today with airsoft guns and BB guns who don't handle them correctly (loaded or not). What gives?

[JQ Public]

Lol...i'm scared of guns and i'm scared of people with guns!! how about that. unless used for hunting or law enforcement i really don't see the need for a gun...and even hunting is a little iffy with me.

[streetsoldier]

Maybe my stance is colored by having seen war, AND having been a STL policeman; I have been fired on, seen the effects first-hand, yet I still maintain that an armed citizen is a far better deterrent to crime than even a policeman.

Police have rules of engagement, and criminals KNOW this (and use it against the officers)...but ask the hard-core prison population, and the LAST thing they want to see is an armed citizen when they are "on the prowl".

That says it all, IMHO. 100,000 "lifer" criminals can't be wrong.

[JQ Public]

Wow i didn't know that. Interesting facts Bill!