To each his own. I'm a big self-defense, second ammendment kind of guy, but I recognize that not everyone feels the way I do.
I've got an uncle who's been divorced twice and doesn't have any kids who I think summed up the gun issue pretty well. Three summers ago, a couple of dozen hurricanes (it seemed) used the state of FL as their own personal fun park. During this time we were without power for over a week once, and for several days at a time at least twice more during that summer. There were never any shenanigans in my neighborhood, but it is more than a little eerie for the stars to be the brightest thing you see when you go outside at night in an otherwise residential area. My uncle lives by himself and doesn't own a firearm, but after the lights went out and stayed out for a day or two he had a gut "need" for some kind of a weapon. He said he felt very vulnerable without one, and he's never even fired a handgun before.
I suspect many people would feel the same way if they were ever put in that kind of a situation. I'm certainly not an anti-government person or a conspiracy theorist, but we really do live on a pretty fine edge between decent society with rules and enforcement and "every man for himself". I sleep better at night knowing that I've got firearms safely locked away in the house.
:2cents:
