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Who Is More Afraid? The One Who Feels He Needs a Gun? Or the One Who Doesn't?

Who is more afraid? The one who feels he needs a gun, or the one who doesn't?


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The question's easy - there's many people out there who feel that they need a gun (or guns), usually for self-defense, but sometimes because they believe the government just might come knocking to confiscate their guns.

On the other hand, there's people out there (like myself) who simply don't want a gun, who doesn't have a need for one.

So who, really, is the one who's more afraid? The one who feels he needs a gun for self-defense, or the one who doesn't feel he needs a gun for self-defense?
 
I don't think it has anything to do with fear. I don't have any need for a gun. I've owned them in the past, I sold them and I have never found the desire to get another one. If I wanted one, I'd go buy one. There is no fear whatsoever involved in my decision.
 
I don't think it has anything to do with fear. I don't have any need for a gun. I've owned them in the past, I sold them and I have never found the desire to get another one. If I wanted one, I'd go buy one. There is no fear whatsoever involved in my decision.

And I agree wholeheartedly with you - that's word-for-word my own situation, too. I've owned them in the past, I got my weapons quals in the military...but I see no need to have one now.
 
And I agree wholeheartedly with you - that's word-for-word my own situation, too. I've owned them in the past, I got my weapons quals in the military...but I see no need to have one now.

It's also not necessarily about wanting to protect yourself either. My sister and her husband are into collecting guns and competitive shooting and that kind of thing. I don't have any interest in it but they do. Zero fear involved. It's the people who feel the need to put a gun under their pillow because they're afraid someone is going to break in that we need to worry about.
 
I own a gun because I wish to be prepared for anyone deciding to invade my home and family. Yes, I fear some sick bastard breaking in and raping my wife....but it is very unlikely.

Still...better safe than sorry.
 
The question's easy - there's many people out there who feel that they need a gun (or guns), usually for self-defense, but sometimes because they believe the government just might come knocking to confiscate their guns.

On the other hand, there's people out there (like myself) who simply don't want a gun, who doesn't have a need for one.

So who, really, is the one who's more afraid? The one who feels he needs a gun for self-defense, or the one who doesn't feel he needs a gun for self-defense?

Per usual, the question presumes facts not in evidence.

The desire to own a firearm is most often couched in the presumption that the individual is the first who should be responsible for their own safety and a firearm is simply part of being adequately prepared. It's like carrying a condom. You may not need it but when the time comes it's a good idea to have one.

However, in the interests of humoring the OP, I as the following:

Who is more afraid? The person who believes that all gun owners are violent assassins or the one who believes that gun owners are generally law abiding citizens who wish to exercise their God given rights?
 
And I agree wholeheartedly with you - that's word-for-word my own situation, too. I've owned them in the past, I got my weapons quals in the military...but I see no need to have one now.
Guns are one of those things you don't need until you do. Then you wish you had one....or two or three....

I'm not a doomsday prepper or anything like that, but, I do believe that we should all be prepared for an incident like Katrina or the L.A. riots. A time where you need to be able to self-sustain for about a week, defend yourself, and hunt if need be. A person without a gun can't really do those things when most of the aggressors around them will have one....or two or three. A gun is something I believe every household should have.
 
The 2nd Amendment gives all Americans the right to excersize that right or not. The folk that make me shake my head are not the ones that dont want to have anything to do with firearms, or those that have firearms for sport or protection...the folk that make me shake my head is those that believe that the 2A pretains to everything from the firearm they possess down to the snaps on the holster they wish to wear.
 
The question's easy - there's many people out there who feel that they need a gun (or guns), usually for self-defense, but sometimes because they believe the government just might come knocking to confiscate their guns.

On the other hand, there's people out there (like myself) who simply don't want a gun, who doesn't have a need for one.

So who, really, is the one who's more afraid? The one who feels he needs a gun for self-defense, or the one who doesn't feel he needs a gun for self-defense?

Either. Or Neither. It's impossible to say without knowing more about the people involved. Some people are afraid of guns. Others buy guns because they're afraid of what'll happen if they don't have them. But those are hardly the only two reasons to own or not own a gun.
 
The people who want them to be illegal are the ones who are most scared.
 
The thing is, rights are not primarily designed to tell us what we should do but to protect for us what we can do.

Establishing that gun ownership of certain types of guns is fear-based is necessary, but not sufficient, to justify restricting or banning those guns. Far more would have to be established. It's important to make that distinction when considering my vote of Yes to the OP's poll.
 
The 2nd Amendment gives all Americans the right to excersize that right or not. The folk that make me shake my head are not the ones that dont want to have anything to do with firearms, or those that have firearms for sport or protection...the folk that make me shake my head is those that believe that the 2A pretains to everything from the firearm they possess down to the snaps on the holster they wish to wear.

So what do you see as an OK infringement?
 
What do firearms have to do with God? Or did God suddenly wink into existence with the advent of gunpowder?
 
What do firearms have to do with God? Or did God suddenly wink into existence with the advent of gunpowder?

So you do not support the constitution? Since its inception the rights provided within are said to be "god given".
 
stupid question. the more valid dichotomy would be those who think its wise to have a gun for self defense vs those who are afraid to accept the risks of making their own safety a personal responsibility.
 
It's also not necessarily about wanting to protect yourself either. My sister and her husband are into collecting guns and competitive shooting and that kind of thing. I don't have any interest in it but they do. Zero fear involved. It's the people who feel the need to put a gun under their pillow because they're afraid someone is going to break in that we need to worry about.

I wish that more from both sides of the aisle would understand that there's a lot of people who feel that way, who aren't so eager to use deadly force at the first opportunity.
 
I wish that more from both sides of the aisle would understand that there's a lot of people who feel that way, who aren't so eager to use deadly force at the first opportunity.

Having shot someone since it was the ONLY option I had, I can tell you few, if any, sane people want to have to shoot someone. I course most of us don't want to be mugged, robbed or attacked either
 
Per usual, the question presumes facts not in evidence.

The desire to own a firearm is most often couched in the presumption that the individual is the first who should be responsible for their own safety and a firearm is simply part of being adequately prepared. It's like carrying a condom. You may not need it but when the time comes it's a good idea to have one.

However, in the interests of humoring the OP, I as the following:

Who is more afraid? The person who believes that all gun owners are violent assassins or the one who believes that gun owners are generally law abiding citizens who wish to exercise their God given rights?

And from the other side of the coin, who's more afraid - the gun owners who are Absolutely Sure that liberals are out to take their guns and their 2A rights away, or the liberals who honestly support gun ownership as long as we can make sure that the owners are law-abiding citizens and not felons/sexual predators/terrorists/sociopaths/whatever?

And btw - gun ownership is not a "God given right". In those days, ownership of a sword or a spear was never a right.
 
Guns are one of those things you don't need until you do. Then you wish you had one....or two or three....

I'm not a doomsday prepper or anything like that, but, I do believe that we should all be prepared for an incident like Katrina or the L.A. riots. A time where you need to be able to self-sustain for about a week, defend yourself, and hunt if need be. A person without a gun can't really do those things when most of the aggressors around them will have one....or two or three. A gun is something I believe every household should have.

I remember the days when I was - at least to some extent - what you would today call a 'doomsday prepper'. We were Absolutely Sure that the Soviets were going to launch any day now, so we had our guns and our plans and all the silly assumptions that young men tend to have before real maturity begins to give them a clue.

And I don't need a gun to survive. I don't need one to hunt - people got by on hunting without guns for many millenia before guns were invented. The more important skill would be knowing what plants can and can't be eaten, and what they can be used for. That, and knowing how to stay hidden if need be...because if someone with a gun sees you first, he's got the drop on you. It doesn't matter if you've got a gun unless he's a lousy shot. On the one hand, having a gun gives you the opportunity to shoot back...but not having a gun makes you more careful...and perhaps more creative since you're forced to think outside the box.
 
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