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I respect guns. I fear idiots who don't. I don't particularly like them, though. While they are fine for hunting and warfare, my feeling is that, if I am mad enough to kill someone, I want to be close enough to get bloody. That's one of the things that keeps me from getting that angry, because that's all or nothing.
Guns? They have no consequences for the shooter. They are nothing but for the shot.
Still they are a ton of power, and like any powerful, dangerous tool (a chainsaw, f'rinstance) they deserve my respect.
Incidentally, I own one gun, a 22 target rifle, that I haven't fired in upwards of 15 years. I was a lousy shot (right handed, left eyed) then, and I am sure I remain a lousy shot now. I do know how to handle one though, and how to not kill myself or anyone else with one. That's plenty for me.
However, the 2nd ammendment is every bit as much the law as the rest of them, so as long as no one messes with the first or the 3rd and up, I have no problem with it.
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