asaris

Wait, so owning a handgun is a God given right? Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not kill, and thou shalt own a pistol?

I grew up in Michigan, so I have some familiarity with guns and people who own and use guns, but I cannot understand this gun fetishism. A gun is nice to have. It can protect you and your family from people who want to hurt you. A rifle is good to have for hunting. I can understand all of this, and I've thought about purchasing a gun myself. But the idea that the right to own a gun is the most important right, which is what the rhetoric of the NRA and its supporters suggest, is not something I get.

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"Die Deutschen meinen, daß die Kraft sich in Härte und Grausamkeit offenbaren müsse, sie unterwerfen sich dann gerne und mit Bewunderung:[...]. Daß es Kraft giebt in der Milde und Stille, das glauben sie nicht leicht."

"The Germans believe that power must reveal itself in hardness and cruelty and then submit themselves gladly and with admiration[...]. They do not believe readily that there is power in meekness and calm."

-- Friedrich Nietzsche