This is my rant. I appologize ahead of time.
I'm going to try to keep this short. In my experience with the anti's I can support that their arguments are based on fears, ignorance, stupidity, and irrational thought. Any time I meet someone who is so anti-gun that they would ask me why anyone would need a gun in America I just walk away. I can't stand them.
Maybe you want to live under tyrannical rule of her majesty again. I don't know, nor do I care. But this country was founded on an event where a certain group came to strip us of our arms with Indians still roaming about and hunting to be done. They are just sheep man, they don't think for themselves. I blame the 60's to be honest. People are still stuck on the whole peace and harmony thing.
Imagine this. Its just after the dinosaurs and we are all grunting ape men. If you tried to come in my cave and steal my woman and food I guarantee you I will rock you. Its how man does.
If you place no value on your life or the protection of your loved ones, I pity you. If your blind ignorance tells you that guns are evil and and bad and if someone breaks in your house with a machete intent on killing you and raping your wife and all you can do is throw nerf balls at him, I pity you.
Honestly, anti's that think these things so many have listed before this post are just lame sheep strayed from the heard, MAKING themselves easy pickings for the wolves. But thats ok because as mister wolf is busy eating our friend the blind sheep, we are busy getting in the closet for Mr. 12 gauge to deal with Mr. Wolf. And deal with him we shall. We will not be eaten!
Getting long isn't it? For those of you who have wives that have this irrational fear of guns do not take offense my friends. I mean none. But perhaps you should have explored this issue a little more before marrying them? I know its a bold statement, but anti's that are ignorant of the basic need of defending ones self, family, country and freedom (as I have boldly done in Iraq) will not be swayed easily. Now now I know some can and have. Kudos if you have done this. I have before. But I wont honestly waste my short time on earth trying to get someone to rationalize the need to promote their basic survival instincts. Especially not in a mate or possible life partner (depending on your view of it). Only my opinion, again.
I don't fear monger off of the media. But I have both seen and experienced crime and threats in the city from other cultures that promote violence. The need for firearms for self preservation is very, very clear in my book. All the helpless men and women that where brutally (and I do very much so mean that word to the full extent possible) assaulted and killed does not send me into an irrational thought about guns. It serves as perfect examples to hone my mind and training to prevent such atrocities from ever happening to me, my woman, my pets, may family, my neighbors or my country.
If your anti gun with irrational thoughts, no logic or valid support for being anti gun, with emphasis on irrational thought and logic, please, please get out of our way and sit in the back of the class. We dont want to hear your broken irrational logic. Let the sheep dogs tend to their work and dont make it difficult.
*edit*. Enjoyed the very informative article "raging against self defense". Best post here IMHO Heritic.