The Animal Within
The problem I have with the gun control issue is that guns are such a pervasive factor in our lives, that it bothers me. If you have a gun and you do something wrong with it, we will find a bigger gun and kill you with it. That's where I fall off the tracks. Which part of "bigger gun" makes the reaction sensible? They have ceased to be a method of self-defense and have beco me instruments of destruction, which, I suppose is their sole purpose, when you get down to brass tacks. There is that part of the argument that alleges that our retaliation makes sense in light of your mistake. We'll kill you because you killed us. The vindictiveness of it all distresses me. Part of it is a reaction borne of anger and part of it is that "eye for an eye" attitude that pervades society. If you make a mistake, we will make you pay for it in like fashion. I am more interested in motive and behavior than ret...