An honest question to those who feel they must own guns.

[Sheldon Cooper]

3. For a brief period in my life, when I was alone and scared,

I contemplated buying a gun. I talked to many people that I respected, and they all told me, every one of them, to get a pump action shotgun for personal protection in the home. They told me that I wouldn't have to be a good shot to do some damage, and the sound of the pump action alone would be enough to send any sensible bad guy on his way.

Well, I got over my fear and never bought a gun, but even at my most frightened time, not one single person told me I had to carry a semi-automatic death machine on my person at all times, even in church. Or a daycare. Or wherever else the NRA types are telling us we must now be scared.