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In reply to the discussion: I'm 55 years old and have never owned a gun in my life. [View all]llmart
(15,537 posts)Thank you for that. I could never understand these people who say they are "protecting their property". What? It's worth killing someone over some crap you bought at a store?
I'm an avowed minimalist and there's nothing in my small condo that I can't live without. I don't need a gun, a security system, an attack dog (my dog would wag her tail and show you the way to the cupboard where the dog treats are kept) because I refuse to live every waking moment I have left (I'm an older woman) in fear of what MIGHT happen to me.
I was married to someone like that - couldn't go anywhere, not even up to the corner ice cream stand without strapping on his gun. He lived in fear of everything and he's suffered in more ways than one because of that fear, but you could never get him to see it. It's why I'm no longer with him. He was also a bully and a coward and if a real man confronted him he'd quiver in his shoes.