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89. Here's what I've observed:

Buying a regular gun for security purposes leads to increased anxiety as the owner will automatically start thinking about different scenarios and what role (if any) the gun would play in each scenario. Going through the scenarios, they quickly see that the gun is only useful in one or two specific situations, which leads them to either buy more guns for more locations around the house, or buy more powerful guns as they try to address everything that could happen (one attacker vs three, etc.). In extreme cases, the person becomes a 24-7 gun wearer and owns a small arsenal which includes assault weapons. And yes, once the person finally feels safe, it does change his/her attitude. In some ways, I think the act of buying a gun for self defense either creates or exasperates mental illness.

Also, once someone has built up that much anxiety and imagined everything that could go wrong, the last thing he'll want to do is simply hand over his weapons. He imagines that he'll be attacked as soon as he's unarmed.