Thoughts on Gun Restrictions

> Concealed Weapon Permits (CWP) allow a person to carry a loaded firearm on his body or in his car.
> Assault rifles are made for shooting people.
> All shootings have one thing in common: A gun was used.

Sound scary? People have strong opinions about guns. The knee jerk reaction is to ban guns, or at least to heavily discourage gun purchasing. Basically if guns were obsolete, life would be better.

I'd wager the majority of anti-gun proponents have never shot a gun before. Said again: My guess would be +97% of people who lobby for sanctioning guns have never fired one. Their fear of these weapons is based off of Hollywood stereotypes, hastily-judged personal experiences, or newspaper driven stories about innocent people being "gunned down." Everybody who I have accompanied when they first shoot a gun, responds this way: "That wasn't so bad," or "that was cool," or "that was fun." It's amazing how education and experience greatly reduce the fear of guns, if not erasing the fear completely. It's weird, but when you think about it, it makes sense. Consider this:

Politically-charged fears are always due to ignorance.

Bear with me. Here are some examples:
> A person who works closely with a corporation will disagree with: "Corporations are bad because they get rich by oppressing people."
> A person who is in the health field will disagree with: "Doctors are unethical people who don't really care about their patients."
> A person who works in the legal field will disagree with: "Lawyers are cheating, selfish people who benefit from people's misfortunes."
> A person who has worked hard in life, made educated, careful decisions, and ultimately got rich, will disagree with, "Rich people are lazy and don't deserve their money."
> A person who has worked closely with law enforcement will disagree with: "Cops enjoy bothering people if they can get away with it, especially if the person is a minority."
> A person who has worked closely in the music industry will disagree with: "Rich artists have too much money, so downloading isn't so bad."
> A person who has worked closely in the church will disagree with: "Churches exist just to make money."

Important! There are exceptions to everything. Correction: "fears are not always due to ignorance." Not all lawyers are ethical, not all doctors are saints, and not all churches are holy. The 1% of these people who are unethical give the rest a bad name.

How many rich people have you met are really like Paris Hilton?

Here's what's scary though: People love it when they can generalize based upon that unethical 1%. Deep down inside, some people want all doctors to be bad, probably because of a perfectly valid experience with a careless doctor. They want guns to be bad, because they've experienced the abuse of one. I am not trying to trivialize these abuses, but it is unbelievably shallow to take out one's shock, denial, anger, depression, or confusion on an entire profession or issue--especially without knowingly researching or experiencing those controversial issues.

It's amazing how people don't mind generalizing when they are knowingly ignorant of a profession or issue.

As for guns, the most common defense is:
Guns shoot --> Shooting kills people -->Therefore if guns are taken away, less people die.
This makes sense, but it's not realistic. I could go through dozens of statistical and logical arguments, but I'll just say this:
I'm not saying, "Give a gun to everyone," but when people have experienced shooting a gun and understand the precautions, safety, and etiquette 99% of gun owners have, those people will be much less reluctant to generalize that "guns are dangerous."

One more thing: The point of, "The Right to Bear Arms," was not hunting or recreation. It was self-defense, specifically against an oppressive government. That's why we still have assault rifles.