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Originally Posted by SUBMAN1
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Originally Posted by P_Funk
Have you ever almost been run over by a bike courier? And have you seen the way people drive? The responsibility around the object whatever it may be is an illusion. If the reality of the danger of a gun is more apparent than that of your car or your body that in itself is twisted. People are irresponsible with everything they have.
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Yeah, but getting run over by a bike courieir is in no way life threatening. You might get me ticked off though! Hardly a good analogy. |
Actually thats your analogy. You mentioned cars compared to bicycles. And I added that there are people that drive both the same on the road and that also drive irresponsibly. It isn't a direct comparison of the consequences but an example of how both are used irresponsibly in a similar manner. People are very often non chalant about their modes of transport. Believe me, I've been in Montreal on the roads. They're crazy.
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Maybe i am not getting what you are driving at (no pun intended)? Since you have not been around firearms, you probably lack the knowledge that it is real, and it can hurt you as much as anybody else, and what comes along with this is what I call a heightened sense of awareness that doesn't come with much else. Maybe you have never experienced this for yourself, but trust me, and inanimate object can have this affect quite easily.
Best way to describe it - Why don't you go down to your local mine and pick up a stick of Nitro and walk carefully to where it needs to be used. To tell me that your senses do not take on enhanced significance is absurd in that situation. Same thing with a firearm - accidently putting a bullet into ones self due to stupidity and lack of care is a very real possibility. Trust me when i say, you never forget it is there.
Are you beginning to understand yet? I hope so, because this isn't rocket science.
-S
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It doesn't matter that I've not been around firearms very much. You also make your point with only personal anecdotal evidence. Hardly enough for you to be all condecending. Should I just call you Uncle Subman?:p
The sense to not pummel a man to death for no good reason is destroyed by the mob mentality. I don't see any good reason to believe that the same wouldn't happen with a firearm. You are probably right that many firearm owners are as responsible as you insist. However I think you are a bit too emphatic without any real proof. Sound psychological reasoning has more than once escaped many people in situations that become volatile. The sacred idea of the firearm being some holy instrument which empowers a man with a new understanding of responsibility is a bit romantic for me, sorry. At least it is without as much proof as you'd demand from me if I wanted to make an unsubstantiated claim.