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How are people wanting not to have guns fearful? Wouldn't it be the person in a very safe country who owns several guns be the fearful? Wouldn't someone who's statistically not in any reasonable danger from crime having a gun be the very definition of fearful? Or would it just be the fun?
Even I can appreciate the attraction of a gun: the heft, the sleekness, the cool steel, the precision, and the power—the power to change lives, the power of god. And therein lies the problem. Guns are power. Just like that power that politicians wield. Just like the money that rich people have. It's the exact same thing. And instead of trying to balance power, guns are a continuation of escalation. Are you really comfortable giving a world of mutually assured destruction to your posterity?
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