Firearms

[ceez]

I guess I'll put my two cents in, I grew up in the countryside of Virginia so guns were pretty common growing up. A lot of my friends parents had guns which were always locked up, mostly shotguns and hunting rifles and we were taught gun safety early on, never point a gun at someone loaded or not, aim the gun at the ground when cocking back or reloading etc. Personally I say go for it, research the one you want and look for a good balance of weight and power, I have a 1911 and it has some weight to it but it helps with the recoil,  just make sure you know your states gun laws. I hope to never have to use it really, I honestly got it because I wanted to start a collection which I know sounds crazy to some but again being from the country a neighbor of mine had 6 guns by the time he was 19 and in high-school a friend of mine got an m16 for his 18th birthday.

As far as banning guns in the US, we are a little to far gone, I mean there's hunters, people who live further out in rural areas that need to fight off larger critters and there's the point @InbetweenDreams made earlier that criminals are in the habit of breaking laws and as dumb as some criminals are they know not to commit crimes with a legal purchased registered firearm. BUT, our biggest weapon will always be our brain, avoiding dangerous situations and staying calm to deescalate a sticky situation.