A
friend's relative gave him a gun for Christmas. One of those big semi
automatic numbers with a banana clip. Being on the left side of
politics his wife was not thrilled. They have a mature relationship
though and he is keeping the gun. The compromise is that it will not
be loaded in the house. As his wife told Kay, my wife, they are not
the home security type.
I'm
not the home security type either. If you are going to own a gun for
protection you have to believe you can look a human being in the eye
and then pull the trigger. I have never believed that about myself.
It is highly likely that I would hesitate in the moment of truth and
my indecision would give whoever I was intending to shoot the upper
hand. So I have never owned a gun in my life, and until recently
never fired one either.
While
thinking about these facts I realized something has changed. I had
children. I also married a woman I very much want to grow old with.
So if there was a situation where I honestly believed you were going
to hurt either my children or my wife could I kill you? Yes. I would
pull the trigger without a second thought and put a hole right in
your head.
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