Here is when I bought my first gun

[jmg257]

288. It's OK - really. A little Fear is a good thing.

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Fear keeps us from doing all sorts of stupid stuff, and causes us to do all kinds of smart stuff.

We wear seatbelts, we use car seats for our kids, we install airbags in our cars, we put fences around pools, we hire life guards to watch us swim, we install smoke alarms, we buy fire extinguishers, we pay for insurance, and we often pass laws hoping to better protect us.

Fear of us/ours becoming victims causes us to buy guns for protection. Fear that 6 rounds out of a .357 might not be good enough causes us to get a 15+1 9mm, and resist 'hi-cap mag bans'. Fear of 'hi cap mag bans' causes us to buy more hi cap mags. Fear that a ban-limited 9mm won't be good enough causes us to buy .40SW and/or .45ACPs. Fear that a full-size pistol is too large to carry concealed causes us to buy compacts. Fear of pistols not being enough causes us to buy rifles and shotguns. etc.

But don't you think when the fear of being outgunned by some other criminal causes you to comtemplate becoming one yourself, it might be time to revisit other ways to avoid it?

Trusting me has nothing at all to do with selfishness...again you don't even know me, OR 'my kind' (whomever they are???). But if ever YOUR perceived needs of owning certain guns and mags for certain reasons diminishes simply because you see what the costs are in everyone else having the same unfettered access as you, then you may understand. You seem to see it with ARs and 30 rounders, so why not with Beretta 92s and 15 round mags? Is it simply because you don't own an AR?