| There seem to be at least two "camps" of gun owners (not including people like police who I understand are required to own and maintain firearms?).
There are those who are either hunters or sport shooters (ie like to shoot at targets on a range, etc).
Then there are those who believe that having guns at home will protect them (from burglars/murderers, invading armies, invading *aliens*, whatever).
There is some crossover between the two groups, obviously.
However, I can at least comprehend the first group, assuming they take decent precautions to ensure that children won't get their hands on their weapons. I don't want to go *play* with them, but I can understant that they have a hobby.
Given that it is obviously unsafe to have loaded (or easily loaded) weapons around small children or stupid/reckless people, unless you get a "Save the Date" request from the Federated Army of Mars or your local Crime Syndicate administration, something warning you in advance of the invasion/intrusion, I don't see how you're really going to have time to a) wake up, b) notice the mysterious rustlings in the dining room as BadGuy Burglar is swiping your grandmother's silver, c) get the key and unlock the ammunition, d) load the weapon and finally e) shoot or at least threaten to shoot Mr. Burglar.
I can't even tie my shoes until I've had a cup of coffee, so the above scenario seems so laborious as to be beyond useless. |