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Originally Posted by abaya
When I think about guns and ammo, etc... the dominant feeling isn't fear, it's that of being in a totally unrecognizable country. I have no connection whatsoever with the mindset of wanting to be armed... it's just not there, even when reason states that it should be, maybe (e.g. walking around Beirut, or hell, even when I was doing fieldwork in the Philly ghetto). I just never had that curiosity, which is strange for me. I'm the type who gets curious about damn near everything, even if it's dangerous and a very bad idea.
So part of that may be fear, but I think a lot of it is also personality and maybe the way I was raised. Gut values, as I said before.
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I think its pretty common for a lot of women actually, and apparently willravel.
While single I never even thought about having a gun beyond a 'meh maybe, whatever' but now that I have kids and a wife, my protection instincts are heightened, especially with the kids. Hurt me, ok, hurt my kids, I'll rip off your arms and beat you with them if needed, but shooting works better.
Most boys are drawn to guns as well. We played solider almost daily as a kid, and my son already turns pretty much every stick like object into a gun and thats just from seeing a few video games.
Much like its your nature to abhor weapons, I am drawn to them, not in a 'unhealthy' way, I currently don't own a weapon more dangerous than a K-Bar, but there is something about them that carrying them seems natural.