Armed & Full of Fear!

Shalom my fellow chimps!

Let me just jump right into it:

Tampa Tribune, Tuesday October 18th, 2005:

"...Florida has more concealed weapons license holders than Texas, and the Tampa Bay region alone has more than the entire state of California... According to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, there are 354,552 concealed weapons licenses in the state. That means one out of every 49 Floridians has a permit to pack heat.... Women make up 14 percent of concealed weapons license holders in Florida, according to the most recent statistics. Almost 39 percent of license holders are older than 50... 'I love having my gun with me,' said Nash, a widow. 'When I go to Tampa at night, I'm coming back late. It's a necessity. Here alone at night, it's a big comfort.'"

( http://www.tampatrib.com/MGBCB6LMXEE.html ) If you'd like to read the article

One simple phrase... "WHAT THE FUCK!?"

I'm no Michael Moore, but have we gone crazy? Is our society's mantra now "I bolster my self esteem with fake boobs, and I holster my Gloc to fight off the crude?"

Yes, when you go out there is a possibility that you'll be a victim of crime, and yes, women are more susceptible, and yes, old people are easy marks... but should we arm little old ladies with pistols?

Hypothetically, let's say our society figured out the way to control the masses is to create fear; fear of a god's wrath, fear of imprisonment, fear of death, fear of not being accepted, fear of crime, etc. Basically when people are scared, they look outward for direction and help, and what we give them is a pacifier of answers, like I don't know, "consuming a bunch of commercial talismen!"

I don't know about you, but statistics tell me that if there are more guns in the hands of the common American Idiot, I have a higher probability of taking a stray bullet or getting shot accidentally because soccer mom Jane decides to play crime stopper or I was walking to closely to some little old lady. Does that make me feel safer? No it does not. It's one thing if you've got a shotgun in your home, but carrying a concealed weapon is a completely different arena of responsibility.

How safe do yall feel knowing that little old ladies out there are packing a heater in their granny sacks? According to that article there are around 138,275 average Joes over 50 packin in Florida alone; and yes folks, that's 19,358 ladies over the age of 50 possibly carrying a Nina in their fanny pack! I don't trust these people driving their cars, much less having responsibility over a piece. You are trusting the decision making and physical capacities of people who are too paranoid and weak to defend themselves or to avoid suspicious situations, and you're giving them permission to carry concealed firearms! Recipe for disaster?

I think it's important to reiterate, these are "concealed permit weapons", not just your good ole' boy .22 rifle or shotgun for hunting permits; concealed weapon permits are for firearms that are ONLY meant for killing another human being and making granny feel safe.

It boils down to this:

"Is arming America with concealed weapons really the right answer to our obsession with fear?"