Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Want a gun? Take a bullet: [View all]librarylu
(503 posts)I shared it on Facebook. Thanks for posting.
I knew a couple in California who got into an argument and shot each other dead. My former husband's best friend (also a Nam vet) killed his wife and then himself with a shotgun leaving their 5-year-old an orphan. My husband had already shot me through the right forearm and neck with a .357 Magnum while in a blackout. I finally had to vanish 12 1/2 years later when something similar happened again. Ironically the jailer who was on both times shot himself in the thigh at a gun show. We didn't live anywhere near Baltimore.
I flinch every time I have to sell a concealed carry vest or a 2nd Amendment T-shirt along with jewelry and footgear. I've had to sell concealed carry purses to out-of-shape old ladies who were going to defend themselves against muggers in Miami. What, I wondered, would happen if someone snatched the purse? A customer walked in one day wearing a Confederate hat and a 2nd Amendment T-shirt and started railing on about his rights. Like I care? Why should I have to listen to that? I almost quit my job when I saw an NRA envelope addressed to my boss. Apparently it contained membership materials. I've made a point of telling him about the latest kid killing every time I read about one on DU. At least he no longer tells me when he goes to a gun show.
For me it's not about a discussion of some abstract "rights". It's about real people bleeding and dying and the damage and pain even after the surgeon has done his work. We have an epidemic. What can we do about it?
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