This Gun-Nut has had enough.

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106. Deliver us all from "gun-nuts"

To me, when an adult male applies for a conceal/ carry permit, the
guy is basically admitting he's helpless - fearful that any contact
with other human beings - even in a supermarket - might reduce
him to a trembling, sniveling victim.
My neighbor ( who tops the scales at 250 pounds ) never leaves
home without strapping on his .45 automatic, yet he's oblivious to
the fact that his 120-pound wife manages to work, shop, jog, visit
relatives, attend meetings and travel out of town without "packing"
a handgun for self-defense. You'd think any husband would feel a
little humiliated, realizing the woman he married ( and her female
friends ) display more courage and common sense than he does.
The trouble with hard-core "gun nuts" is their child-like naivte,
their unwavering faith in the magical power of metal objects. I
think they actually believe that playing "Rambo" at a firing range,
spraying a few hundred bullets at a paper target can somehow
transform a coward into a hero.
Maybe some NRA fanatics assume we unarmed folks are impressed
and even intimidated by men who keep a mini-arsenal in their spare
bedroom, who spend weekends caressing and cleaning their pistols
and shotguns. We aren't.
Even if my neighbor could legally plant land mines in his front yard
and install rocket launchers on his roof , he would still be scared -
scared of criminals, scared of the government and probably worried
sick his fortress might collapse someday and crush him and all his
possessions.