I grew up with guns too, and strict rules about being around them and using them. My family hunted, and we lived in the country and guns were just part of the lifestyle for everyone we knew. But no one I knew loved guns the way I see people do now. They could have been out there, just ime guns were dangerous, necessary tools, not toys and objects of worship.
I think what happens is people get too caught up in it is everyone's right to own a gun and any restriction is too much restriction. No background checks, no registrations, no records.. That's the extreme, but it's out there. And IMO when anyone and everyone is allowed to own weapons someone like this man is allowed to own them, and then children are killed.
I'm willing to bet this man has said "from my cold dead hands" and intended on dying to protect his gun, but instead he used his weapon to murder his own children. I keep thinking: He used what he most loved to kill what he should have loved the most.
Jmo etc.
BBM ITA! Often when there's a shooting in the news, there are a lot of comments on news websites both pro and con gun ownership -- mostly pro. And the comments of the majority of the gun proponents are truly scary! It's obvious those people shouldn't own a gun, but they consider it their "God-given" right (LOL. Nowhere in the Bible does God give anyone the right to own a gun). Really, though, they're not exactly demanding
everyone's right to own a gun -- just
their right.
Again, I have friends who have made or posted comments on FB about guns. One post addressed people who don't own a gun, saying something like, "If someone breaks into your home, don't call me." I'm thinking, why would I call a friend who owns a gun? I'd call LE! IMO, the post was victim-blaming people who don't own guns, like we are bringing crime on ourselves. But, gun owners have been shot with their own gun during break-ins, and some have been unable to access their gun during a break-in because it's in another part of the house.
Another "friend" has made some scary comments about guns and she isn't (IMO) mentally stable. She claims her ex-husband abused her, but after hearing some of her lies and witnessing some of her behavior, I wonder how accurate her accusations are. When she stayed with me for over a month, I was very nervous wondering if she had a gun with her. She followed me all over the house (even into my bedroom and watched me look through my purse) and seemed to pop up unexpectedly, making me very jumpy. At the first store I took her to, she immediately went over to the checkout counter, actually going
behind the counter and behind the clerk, who had just opened the till. IIRC, she didn't even tell me beforehand that she was going to ask the clerk if the store accepted EBT cards (it was posted all over the storefront). I thought for sure she was about to rob the place! And, by the look on the faces of the shoppers in line, they and the clerk did too! Also, the woman was offended when she had to ring a buzzer at a women's shelter for someone to let her in; she said it made her feel like a criminal. IMO, it's people like that, who DEMAND trust -- either verbally or tacitly -- who are NOT trustworthy.
IMO, none of us should be considered capable of deciding for ourselves that we (individually) are fit to own a gun. While there are shooters in the news who do obtain a gun illegally, there are still many who legally own the weapon they use against their victim(s).
