By: Bob C

Bob C — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 21:15:39 +0000

I have a fairly wide and "interesting" circle of friends and acquaintances. It keeps life interesting. And having a wide spectrum of friends of all different religious and political or racial persuasions (Gives me that ever-popular and persuasive "But my black friends don’t mind if I…" argument) somewhat gives me a cultural or political compass as far as ‘knowing which way the wind blows’.
Having said that, I was hanging out with a friend….who’s political stripes I am still not sure of. They could be camoflage stripes hiding something else….or not.
Our talk turned to local crime, and a current ‘gang war’ in town, and a rash of home-invasions. (This discussion came soon after he plopped down a bag on a bar counter, and out fell two boxes of high-zoot large-caliber bullets….not an entirely surprizing thing…but Iv’e always wondered if this guy just liked to shoot and hunt, or is an outright paranoid gun-nut)
I made a remark that I’ve been thinking about buying a new pistol. Sometimes I get paranoid and worried about some of the home-invasions by crack-heads that have been happening around the neighborhood. But for the most part, as far as confronting and shooting a crackhead in your own living room….you are FAR better off just letting them take what they want, or even taking a black eye or two, then shooting them. Shooting a criminal just isn’t worth the costs and time and possible punishment….whatever they take doesnt equal the cost of defending yourself in court.
After a few incidents years ago, I divested myself of all of my guns.
But this cultural vibe, and a coming civil war, or at least the talk of it from the left right and so-called center, has a lot of people paranoid, especially out here in the midwest.
So he asks me "What kind of gun are you thinking about getting?"
I replied "Probably a 9mm of some sort, and if I get a pistol, I want it to be a quality peice, not some junk, and 9mm ammo is plentiful and fairly cheap"
He replies "Oh, no it isn’t! Right now the entire country is on back-order for 9mm! Everyone has been stocking up on it and buying up all of it …..it’s because we have a black guy in the whitehouse".
Well, I’m not going to get into an arms-race with a bunch of flag-waving militants OR the gang-bangers!
Guns arn’t a high priority for me….guitars are.
And I think I can do a bit more, have a tiny bit more influence over the kultur war with a guitar then sleeping in a paranoid sweat with a gun under my pillow.

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By: Bob C