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In reply to the discussion: How Is THIS Ok? Texas man guns down couple over dog poop on his porch [View all]booley
(3,855 posts)Lets say the couple were a holes. who did really awful things. I can relate. I have had to deal with a hole neighbors doing really awful things lots of times.
And such people made me incredibly angry. One time one guy came what looked to me really close to touching my boy friend during a fight and i went berserk and almost pounded the guy against a wall.
I didn't. I stopped myself just in time. I realized I was going too far.
But if I had a gun and the anger to use it, then yes I could have shot the guy in the time it took me to calm down.
There are a lot of people who take a lot longer to calm down then I do and are set off a lot more easily.
And that's the problem, isn't it? Guns make ANY situation potentially lethal. Potentially instantly lethal in a way that few other objects can.
The motive behind most gun homicides are not crimes like robbery or rape. The most common motive are disputes.
I think the point of the OP is that gun apologists keep down playing this fact and distracting from it and trying to make the conversation about anything but how easy it is to kill if you have a gun in your hand.