OP, has your husband ever been suicidal or homicidal? Or is he so lacking in manual dexterity that he can’t do things like operate a car? Has he ever had major, idiotic lapses in common sense like driving drunk or starting a physical fight?
If the answer is “no” then you’re acting from a place of emotion rather than logic. While guns can be used for suicide, homicide, or carelessly, they are truly extension of the person using them. They are a fine tool for someone who is intelligent and upright. They can be dangerous when possessed by a nihilistic idiot. In that way they’re similar to alcohol. I enjoy a cocktail, but I can’t stand to drink to the point of inebriation. And I could never be an alcoholic; more than two drinks is totally disgusting to me. Thus I don’t have a problem with having a few bottles of wine in the house, and modeling responsibility to my kids. And on the other hand, some people are disposed toward alcohol abuse and addiction. That’s ok too as long as they have the self awareness to know that they have to totally abstain. It’s OK to be honest about your husband’s aptitudes and mental/moral status if that’s a concern, but it’s not OK simply to base your opinion off of a phobia of firearms. |
^ This. The myth of a normal person just snapping is truly a myth. The vast majority of homicides are committed by a tiny percentage of highly aberrant people with a long history of highly aberrant behavior. And almost all of those data points are clustered in inner city ghettos. |
Firearms are used over a million times a year to stop crimes. - FBI stats for the last 40 years. |
You are 600 times more likely to be killed by a doctor or medical error than a firearm in the US. That's across the board stats including everyone, even gang members, police, etc. |
Antigun people who have that irrational fear of weapons are the ones projecting their mental illnesses and violent thoughts onto everyone else. Typical antigun nut thinks everyone is deranged as them and that everyone must be disarmed. But isn't it funny how they never seem to want to disarm the police and military or governments. Hmmmmmmmmmmmm! |
This is true and scientifically established time and time again. But the progressives desperately want to conceal these facts from you, in order to push their radical, anti-Constitutional agenda of banning civilian ownership of arms and prohibiting self defense. |
Every time I see this thread bumped, I hear the title as 'Janie's got a gun' |
For the people reading this website, the person must likely go kill them is their romantic partner. |
But you cannot avoid interacting with the health care system. We should be able go avoid guns. But people like you think your rights trump mine. |
Very stupid (and deceptive) example , when 49,000 people die from suicide each year in the United States. It is the 2nd leading cause of death for those aged 10-34. Easy access to lethal means is a major factor in that REALITY. |
Such an odd conclusion. I think we all agree that people with extensive training defending the public are different from all the random people owning guns. I think we should adopt the Swiss philosophy. Every household is required to have a military rifle after receiving extensive training (and annual continuing training) and anyone that uses that weapon outside of self-defense or repelling invasion (why this law exists since no real standing army) receives harsh punishment. Swiss government also provides a super hi-tech fun safe which keeps a record of every time the safe is opened. So…it fulfills the right wing dream of everyone owning a gun (but imagine the outrage if that dream includes common sense rules around it). |
A legitimate gun club would allow your DH to keep the weapon there. |
You keep saying this as fact without any proof. Put up or shut up. |
Exactly. The “he should’ve communicated and not acted unilaterally” is a proxy for “he should have communicated so I could have acted unilaterally” |
+1 |