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Well, that's one way to choke a thread to death.
I was reading a book with vivid descriptions of a break-in/attempted kidnapping of an infant and an attempted rape, both of which were resolved firmly and effectively by force of firearms. I admit that it is almost certainly comforting in the night to think of the shotgun in the closet or the handgun in the nightstand as deterrents against the crime in the world outside, and I'll not comment on the statistics one way or the other. I think that owning a gun is giving in to the fear, joining the base element of humanity that uses violence as a standard solution rather than a last resort. Those of you who swear by guns can call me unrealistic, but I hope you never see the need to use your gun on another human, and I suspect we'll both sleep better having made the choices we have.
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