Article called "Should I Buy A Gun"...read and comment.

[Heartland Patriot]

Well, I found the following article as a link on a news site webpage. Many article links were there on a variety of topics...stuff to fill up the rest of the page besides the main news story, I guess. Anyway, since it had the word gun, I HAD to read it, even though I had to look to see what the website was really about (a woman's magazine). And I'll tell you (to me anyway), its like reading something in a foreign language where you know the literal meaning of the words, but don't quite understand the nuances of them, when they are all together...anyway, read it for yourself and see what I mean...and leave a comment, if you feel like it. BTW, if this needs to be moved, so be it. Also, be forewarned that there are a couple of foul words in the article.

http://www.elle.com/Life-Love/Society-C ... -Buy-a-Gun

[RoyGBiv]

Fear.... "I agree that all guns should be outlawed because I am afraid of guns"...
That's where the strength of the anti-gun movement lies. The base.

This authors feelings seem to be little different... until she takes a class...

BANG.!

My first thought is, I can’t believe how loud that was.
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My next thought is, I want to do that again! I have an immediate, exhilarated reaction. Partly it’s that what I’ve just done initially frightened me, so there’s a sense of a limit overcome. For many people I know, guns remain unreal—the accessories of fictional characters, or at least of the Other, not you and yours. Yet to fire a gun is to realize you can do it: You can operate one, understand how it works. Shooting gives me a rush that comes from a feeling of (admittedly incomplete) mastery.
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A revolver now rests on my nightstand. It’s small and sleek and black, a Ruger LCR.
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After the clinic, I filled out the forms for a concealed-carry permit at my local sheriff’s office. The application asked for character references, and I gave the phone numbers of a few editors, amused at the thought of their bewildered reaction should someone actually call.

So... we need to start a "take an anti to the range" day. Get hallmark to make some cards and make it official..
Anti-sentiment is sooooo easy to overcome. All it takes is the first shot, and a willingness to face your fears.

[Seabear]

She sounds very familiar. My wife never fired a weapon till she met me. She's coming along with her thoughts, and she is shooting quite well. Her daughter was your typical "weird" Austin liber. After her first opportunity to shoot with me she had to admit that her friends wouldn't believe it, and even moreso because she finally realized guns don't kill people. That one can use a gun for something other than killing. As time has gone by and she has become a homeowner and married she feels the need for a home defense gun.

See, change is possible. It comes slow but it can come.

I'll send her and my wife both the article, I think it will give them another perspective. Thanks for posting it.

[Thomas]

A metallic silver handgun still wrapped in its original plastic

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[Heartland Patriot]

A metallic silver handgun still wrapped in its original plastic

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My Taurus revolver had a plastic bag around it in the box it came in...I guessed that was what she meant.

[Rex B]

Lot's of hand-wringing angst there.
Reminds me of my ex-wife