Brent Spiner gets attacked by gun nuts for daring to comment on guns. [View all]

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And expands his comments...

The gun owners have expressed a need, a right, to protect themselves and their loved ones from potential danger. I understand this and sympathize. Danger in this world is a very real thing. Gun owners do not feel safe without a gun to protect them if they are attacked. They don't trust the great unknown masses. I get it.

I, on the other hand, do not feel safe with guns in the hands of...well... anyone. I don't trust the great unknown masses, either. Someone sent me a message and asked, "Do you think all gun owners are dangerous lunatics?". I answered, "Not lunatics, but dangerous." I regret saying this as it was too glib, too brief, to actually express my feelings on the matter. Here's what I wish I'd said, what I should have said. I think guns can be very beautiful objects. If I look at a gun on a table, say, I am able to see the craftsmanship and artistry that has gone into it's making. But, once it is held in a human hand, any human hand, it becomes something else to me. It becomes, by the very nature of humans, potentially dangerous. People say, "Guns don't kill, people kill". I agree. But the gun on the table isn't going to kill or injure anyone. When you put it in a hand, it becomes a possibility.

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