Originally Posted by Droog

I personally don't care if people want to own guns or anything else. In fact, I don't care if you move to Ruby Ridge, build a log cabin, and surround it with a moat and nuclear missles! What I do care about is honesty. I happen to believe that using the 2nd amendment (and even personal security) to justify your stockpile is a bunch of bs. An earlier poster (Toiletduck) said that guns were "fun," and I respect that honesty! Even though I don't own guns, I could imagine that shooting things would be fun! Maybe you just want to impress your friends, or maybe it's some pseudo-phallic thing. Who knows. As far as personal security is concerned, I would like to present the following rule of thumb: until you can DEMONSTRATE that you can pull that trigger WITHOUT HESITATION while looking someone in the eye DURING A HIGH-PRESSURE SITUATION (and splatter their brains all over your wife's new window treatments), DO NOT ASSUME that the gun will be of any use to you in a real confrontation. This is the same concept as giving someone emergencies in the sim. It's one thing to talk about what you would do in a given situation, and another to actually do it when your heart is beating 900 times a minute, you have tunnel-vision, and no fine-motor skills.