Are gun nuts basically just narcissists with guns? (abusive, issues, people)
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First, to be clear, I personally have no problem with guns per se, and I own one myself (mainly for dealing with predators on my rural property). So what we're talking about here are the hyper-fanatical gun ''nuts'', whose whole life and even sense of identity seems to revolve around owning this one particular ''tool''.
We've certainly seen plenty of 'em here on these forums, demonstrating how threatened they feel about having any limits put on their ''rights'', regardless the circumstances (like the growing number of massacres around the country). But IMO most notable is how many of them quickly go into a rage whenever someone disagrees with them... often becoming verbally abusive, sometimes even accompanied by physical threats.
But isn't all that behavior basically just narcissistic ''grandiosity'' and ''entitlement'', along with the usual lack of empathy, boundaries or accountability (aka, ''I'm Special, and it's all about ME!'')? And if we're gonna talk about keeping guns away from ''psychos'', then shouldn't clinical Narcissism (the behavioral disorder), be an immediate ''red flag''?
We live in a narcissistic society, people have stopped caring about others.
I think this counts for any nut, even the religious!
I somewhat agree with this - we live in a society where people have little regard for the stranger in the passing, and criticize so many, yet, can't seem to turn the harsh eye on ourselves. We're an overzealous society that is increasingly ungrateful for all the freedoms we have .... Human kindness is so easy and it's free, yet it's so genuinely challenging to find - we're a very opinionated, and judgmental nation.
I suggest you study the history of citizens right to own guns in Australia and Europe. Look at other English speaking countries as well. The facts will open your eyes. You can also study the FBI data on crime and other sites such as Spotcrime and crimemap. You can also review the party platform of the Democratic party. An interesting study would be why the politicians so quickly dropped the topic of school safety and desparately changed the national focus away from school issues and on to their party platform. I find it interesting that the anti gun folks just want to take away without even a suggestion of what they would give back. There are so many things, machines, tools etc in our society that cause death and injury other than guns. Why the focus on guns?
...snip... There are so many things, machines, tools etc in our society that cause death and injury other than guns. Why the focus on guns?
Because they are the easiest tool to acquire that can kill many people at once.
At least, until the US starts allowing folks to buy bombs - you know, to protect their freedom....
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