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In reply to the discussion: If you carry a concealed gun, you are the problem [View all]Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)Personally, I am very afraid of guacamole (What can I say, I have an irrational fear of the stuff) so I do understand fear... But I also don't let it drive my actions. If I am at a cook out and some places a bowl of it on the table next to me, I don't freak out or destroy it... I've never sought out or armed myself with an anti-guacamole weapon. Almost no one that knows me IRL is even aware of how much the stuff bothers me. We are humans and we can control our fears.
I have also had a gun in my face... Back around '82... maybe '83, I had a part time job in a bar that got robbed. Very scary... It would have been better if there were no gun that day... It would have been worse if every drunk asshole pulled out their weapon to 'save the day'.
The solution of 'more guns' to the problem of gun violence is not logical or rational. It is fear based and 'I' at least, do not let my fears control me.