Apology for Owning a Gun

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Mods, this is gun related, though not directly as in what kind, what's wrong, etc. I thought about posting it at APS, but didn't think it would get the reaction it would here.

USMCDOC14 apologizes

Edit: posting the message here so people will actually read it ....

I the gun owner apologize for why I feel the need to own a gun.

I am sorry for being afraid.
I am afraid of people who want to do harm to those I love for no logical reason. I am afraid that I do not have the ability to stop an armed man from harming them. They will be hurt or raped or killed. A gun gives me an equal or advantage, a gun makes them safe at night.

I am sorry for being scared.
I am scared I can not run from all fights that I can not win. I am scared that I will be cornered and out numbered. I try to avoid those situations but those situations may not always avoid me. I am scared of the man in the crowd with the gun randomly shooting. I have been shot by him once before and only by luck was I not more seriously injured. The gun is my security blanket, it is my cape.

I am sorry for being greedy.
I enjoy all that I own. I have built my empire from nothing and no one will ever take it away from me again. Not a piece, not in whole. No one shall enter my castle to rob me, no one shall violate the sanctity of my temple.
My gun is on the parapet of this fortress that none shall destroy.

I am sorry for my lust.
I find my guns an addiction of sorts. Mechanical marvels that are beautiful in their form. I desire to own one of every variety of sensual form that fits in my hands. I lovingly clean and caress the supple lines. Happiness is a warm gun.

I am sorry for being stern.
I follow the words of our rights as how they are written, not how they are interpreted to be. The national Guard is not "a militia" and the right to bear arms is not only for that militia to have. You would be pissed if I tried to take away your right to free speech but try to take away my right to protect yours.
I can not give up.

I am sorry for being a killer.
I kill animals, I kill paper, I kill targets, and if I have to I will kill a person. I have been a killer for most of my life. nothing is going to change here, I hone my skills for one day when they will be needed. I can no more practice my killing without a gun than a flutist without a flute. But I have never seen anyone kill something with a flute. Maybe you just have to throw it hard enough.

I am sorry for being sceptical.
Police will not always protect me. The government will not always be for the people. the politicians will never be truthful. The criminals will never reform.
My gun assures that these can indeed change.

I am sorry for not being a pussy.
I am sorry that I am a man, a real man, with the honor and pride of the "men" in America who came before me. I was raised by a woman and a woman alone and oddly I have more balls and integrity then most of the "men" in this country. My upbringing may have caused me to have role models of the "men" who founded this country, who built this country, who saved this country, not the pussy ass weak mentality of a pussy ass father.
The men in my life rode white horses and had a gun, they stormed beaches and had a gun.

And I have a gun.
 
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Eh, too melodramatic for me. I suppose I'm one of those utilitarian sorts who sees a gun as a tool rather than some magically empowering fetish.
 
The sentiment is OK, a bit melodramatic like Jorg said, but I don't like the "I'm Sorry" riff. It sounds weak, no matter what he actually means.

We law abiding gun owners have nothing to be sorry about!
 
Sounds like the original author was a closet anti.
All that, "sorry I'm afraid", BS is the key.

I own guns to protect myself and my family but mostly as a hobby. I do not own them because I am afraid of what might happen but as a means of being more effectively prepared for when and if something happens where a gun would be the tool of choice to resolve the situation. I doubt if most of the gun owners on THR own them because they are afraid but as preparedness tools.

That piece was written by an anti guessing at why people own guns.

Guns are an equalizer but fear should not be a part of the equation.
 
I am sorry for the lack of appeal this has to me .

I get the message, just don't like the formate or presentation I guess ?
 
I'm in agreement with others. Good, to a point. I would only add the word "NOT" in front of sorry each time if it 'twere mine, as I think it reads a bit stronger, as it were. As in "I am NOT sorry..."

But still and all, well done. An "A" for effort and thought.
 
I have to agree with the others.
I am not sorry, I am also not scared or afraid. I am responsible, and I am prepared.
Now, if I ever had to use my gun, then I am sure I would be scared.
 
It was a great read right up until the last paragraph where it degrades itself to the type of language you'd find coming out of the mouth of the type of societal degenerate you'd be forced to defend yourself against.

It ruins it, really.
 
Go look into the classic literary notion of "apology". It does not necessarily entail the "I'm sorry" notion; it simply explains why one makes certain choices.

I'd say the lead post is generally ok and works well for some people. I'm not crazy about the repeated "I'm sorry" bit ... but then again I'm not the intended audience. What IS good is laying out the reasoning in a manner which puts a disagreeing audience on the defensive, to wit: "this is why, and you're hard-pressed to explain why I'm wrong on these points."
 
I am sorry for not being a pussy.
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Doesn't that apology in fact _make_ you a pussy? :neener:

Generally, apologizing when you're in the right is a bad policy. It rarely helps. It will only confuse the people you're apologizing to, and it's indicative of either insecurity, approval seeking, submission in a dominance game, or moral confusion on the part of one or more parties.
 
The language is unacceptable, and I'm sorry to see it repeated by Geek. :scrutiny:Where is Art's Grammaw when we need her?

Springmom
 
I don't apologize for owning or carrying a gun.

While I respect and appreciate the sentiment of original post -

Evil has never apologized to anyone for anything.

I have certain inalienable rights, I therefore do not and will not apologize for exercising these rights.

I cannot change people, places or things, the only thing I can change is me.
Evil - I can't change Evil. I can change me, and be responsible for me and how I choose to deal with Evil.
 
The language is unacceptable, and I'm sorry to see it repeated by Geek.
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Is "Sissy" OK then. Oops, there we go again, watering things down to help peoples feelings. :banghead:


It was strong, but meant to be, I beleive.
 
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