My Position On Guns

Guns are legal and should always be legal.

That is where my big picture stance ends. This is because, although not contradicting, my personal views are not a blank check to gun rights. I do not believe there should be a law regarding what I witnessed today, a colt .45 at a birthday party just brought for fun. It was not loaded, which made me feel safe for a few minutes after it was shown and passed around. It was the way it was presented: as a toy, a joke. It was the real thing. I was able to endure watching the gun be displayed and its functions (the clip, cocking mechanism, reload) but yet one thing that was not shown was the safety. Now I was fine with this until it was tossed about, aimed, and the trigger pulled while pointed at anyone standing around. That is when my patience ended, I simply said I had to go, and I did so.

The gun was waved and pointed around recklessly. Something that should never be done with something of such, for lack of a better term, power. The reason for it being invented should be enough to urge constant caution when using it; even when it is disabled in order to prevent a sense of false security from forming.

A gun is not a joke, and should not be passed around like an item at show and tell. It should be respected and kept for appropriate uses only (hunting or defense).