So much has been said recently about gun control and the
right to bear arms. Everyone seems firmly settled on one side of the fence or
the other, unwilling to listen to the other side. I believe in the foresight of
our founding fathers. They knew a people can only be free if they have
the right to protect themselves. I know none of the laws considered as a
reaction to mass shootings would have saved a single life had they been enacted
sooner. Still, I refuse to carry or even own a gun. There’s no way to
overestimate the curiosity, creative resourcefulness and destructive capability
of children, especially my own. No weapon could be completely safe from them. And if it
were, it would have no hope of protecting us from a home invasion. Maybe my
best hope is letting bad guys THINK I own a gun: I’d have all of the protection
with none of the risk.
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