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Antwan Scott
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(I'm sure I've lost you to a blind rage, and you're hammering out some extreme reply about how I- a social liberal and political moderate- am some Ted Nugent wannabe, but for the rest of the crew...) I think some of this comes down to comfort level. I have two friends who have small planes. Every time I fly with them, I am scared shitless. I try to hide it, but they can tell. To them, flying those planes is like driving a car, because they know how to do it and they are careful. Similarly, some people are very comfortable around guns. I am certain that my guns are not going to inadvertently harm someone, because I know how to handle them, and I am careful with them. I think some people who haven't handled guns a lot feel about guns the way I feel about small planes.
I understand, but it should be pretty clear by now that there are plenty of people that are comfortable with guns that still end up having accidents, or leaving their guns around children, or going off the deep end, or feeling a moment of depression when they want to take their own life. And for the rest of us, there is no way to distinguish those people from the ones that are careful, responsible, and know full well what they are doing.
Would you get in a small plane with a stranger with no license?