As a reluctant gun owner, I continue to be baffled by the lack of regulation on gun ownership. To control that risk requires mental and emotional preparation, as well as rigorous training. Guns also make committing acts of violence seem easier and less personal if you’re not looking someone in the eye, it may not seem as real when you pull the trigger. The problem with having a gun is that you can be tempted to use it. This reality has pushed me toward a moral dilemma: I wish no one were armed, but because practically everyone else is, I have a gun myself. And the past few years-indeed, the past few weeks-have shown us that gun violence knows no boundaries of geography, socioeconomic status, or age. If you live in a remote area, it can take the sheriff an hour or more to get to you, so if there’s a deadly threat from an intruder, you are on your own. That made sense to me then it’s not so easy now to find safe places. W hen we were in our 20s, my friend Jim Ferguson would say that if you find yourself living someplace where you need to own a gun, you should move.
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