gdcpony
Member
Here is something I will never get. I am right now working in a place where I have a firearm in reach. In fact everyone does. Imagine it thousands of us working with firearms on us 24/7. Ammo? I have 360 right now, but I pack allot. I think most have about 210 rounds. We eat, shop, walk, work, and sleep with them by our sides. Oh boy, this place must be Dodge City!
Yet no one is shooting each other. In fact, I have not yet heard of one of us even raising a gun towards another. If all the Gun Control Nuts (GCN’s) are right them we should all be dead by now. I mean, we aren’t special really. We come from cities, farms, suburbs, and rural areas. Many of us have been arrested at one point or another. So why aren’t we killing one another? I am confused.
I am guessing you have already figured out that I am a deployed service member. I have been pondering this for a while now. This is my third time deployed and I have yet to bear witness to more than a fist fight or two. We fight amongst ourselves to be sure (don’t ever think we don’t), but the guns have yet to make us kill each other. Over and over I ask what basis anyone could have to think that the presence of weapons (I should make it clear I count our beautiful bayonets and K-BAR’s here as well as my swords and bows at home as “weapons” the right to bear should include them too) will cause massive death to innocent people. The only ones I have seen us use them on out here are the enemy.
Maybe you could make the argument that we have bigger issues to deal with and that keeps us from going nuts. Though, you could argue the opposite too. Our training? Not likely since I got better training before I joined than since. And aren’t we taught TO kill? So you could say it is our bond as service members? No, not when guns make people kill their own parents, siblings, and spouses. As much as I care for my fellow Marines, I don’t care as much for them as my family. So what is it?
Could we be a different breed? Nope, I still bleed red (and have proven it). Is it a race thing? Nope, we have them all. Could it be where you come from? As I have said we come from everywhere. Maybe it is the supervision we get? Hate to let you all know, but we are often left to our own devices. In fact, it would be easier out here to get away with something. The only deterrent I can think of is that using a weapon on anyone out here risks them returning the favor?
So where is any justification for the paranoia that grips the GCN’s? I might be blind and missing something.
Yet no one is shooting each other. In fact, I have not yet heard of one of us even raising a gun towards another. If all the Gun Control Nuts (GCN’s) are right them we should all be dead by now. I mean, we aren’t special really. We come from cities, farms, suburbs, and rural areas. Many of us have been arrested at one point or another. So why aren’t we killing one another? I am confused.
I am guessing you have already figured out that I am a deployed service member. I have been pondering this for a while now. This is my third time deployed and I have yet to bear witness to more than a fist fight or two. We fight amongst ourselves to be sure (don’t ever think we don’t), but the guns have yet to make us kill each other. Over and over I ask what basis anyone could have to think that the presence of weapons (I should make it clear I count our beautiful bayonets and K-BAR’s here as well as my swords and bows at home as “weapons” the right to bear should include them too) will cause massive death to innocent people. The only ones I have seen us use them on out here are the enemy.
Maybe you could make the argument that we have bigger issues to deal with and that keeps us from going nuts. Though, you could argue the opposite too. Our training? Not likely since I got better training before I joined than since. And aren’t we taught TO kill? So you could say it is our bond as service members? No, not when guns make people kill their own parents, siblings, and spouses. As much as I care for my fellow Marines, I don’t care as much for them as my family. So what is it?
Could we be a different breed? Nope, I still bleed red (and have proven it). Is it a race thing? Nope, we have them all. Could it be where you come from? As I have said we come from everywhere. Maybe it is the supervision we get? Hate to let you all know, but we are often left to our own devices. In fact, it would be easier out here to get away with something. The only deterrent I can think of is that using a weapon on anyone out here risks them returning the favor?
So where is any justification for the paranoia that grips the GCN’s? I might be blind and missing something.