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.

There's one other point that I would like to make. I have figured out who some of you are, just as some of you know me and/or have figured out who I am. I find it ironic that some of you will not discuss the details of the FFDO program (which is a good thing), but some of you will advertise in so many words, on a PUBLIC INTERNET FORUM, that you have a stockpile of guns at home (thereby putting you and/or your family at risk)! It is not beyond the realm of possibility for someone to not only figure out who you are, but also your address and your basic schedule. Just something to think about on your next 4 day trip.