Reply #142: "I am about as even-tempered a guy as you could meet." [View All]

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No you aren't. If you wouldn't have made it to thirty just because of owning a gun, then you can not try to claim in the next sentence that you are anything approaching even-tempered.

If even-tempered people were likely to shoot at others just because they have a tool which can emit projectiles, than the murder rate in the U.S. would be astronomically high, especially at gun ranges and NRA meetings. But it isn't. Maybe that is because there are a hundred million gun owners in America and almost all of them are actually even-tempered and understand the potential for harm if their guns are misused.

If you don't think people should have the "power of instant death" at their fingertips than maybe you should go to a range and rent a gun sometime, see what your groups look like. You will understand that shooting is a very focused exercise, and not particularly easy. It's basically yoga with a loud boom.