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Gun-Crazy Right Wing Howls for Bob Costas to Be Fired

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Romantic Heretic12/03/2012 8:50:57 pm PST

From Whitlock’s article:

Handguns do not enhance our safety. They exacerbate our flaws, tempt us to escalate arguments, and bait us into embracing confrontation rather than avoiding it.

I remember a few months ago really weirding people out by saying if I’m going into a potentially violent situation I would prefer not to be armed.

Why?

Because I want to be aware of exactly how much danger I’m in. I want my senses to be sharp. I want to know where every escape route is and I want to be aware of every bit of cover.

Carrying a firearm, as this paragraph explains, would make me feel safer, make me feel dangerous, make me think I’m a badass. I’m not and if I try to be, even with a firearm, I’m going to end up maimed or dead.

If you carry a firearm the temptation to escalate arguments will always be there. There’s too good a chance a person will embrace confrontation rather than avoid it. Pure probability means that arguments will be escalated and confrontation embraced, and bodies will end up on a slab.