Q What do I know about guns?
A I was once a nearly perfect shot with a 38 special.
Q How did it make me feel?
A After two hours practice at the range, I felt like I had taken two valium: calm and serene.
Q How did it make me feel towalk around with a gun on you hip?
A 1) Ashamed 2) Like a walking target
Q How did it make me feel to have one in the car/house.
A It made me feel great to think that I could stop a rape or some other kind of violence.
Q. What did it make me realize
A. That when you carry a gun, you have to be ready to kill someone. There's no such thing as waving the gun around to scare people and make them do what you want them to do, like in detective novels. It might work; but if it doesn't, you have to shoot.
Q. What else?
A. That we devolving socially/politically. There's no reason for a state park ranger to carry a gun, mace, and handcuffs. But they all do.
Joanna