Trust

I posted this on Facebook a while back, I'm now bringing it back from my own archives, and your perusal.

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Do I trust millions of American citizens to own firearms?

Yes.

Why?

Most people are inherently good, or at least not evil.

I invite you to consider this analogy.

The next time you are driving on a non-divided, two-lane highway at speed (55 – 60 MPH), think about that car hurtling toward you at a similar speed. The oncoming driver might be mentally ill, hell-bent on suicide. Or intoxicated. Or fatigued. Or texting on their mobile device. Or simply incompetent. The list can go on. There are many reasons and examples of why a motor vehicle might cross the center line, and as a driver or passenger, you are mere seconds from oblivion and annihilation. And that’s not even considering mechanical issues, and also assuming YOU are not the “offender.” How many of “those” people do you pass every day on your way to work or the grocery store? Count the vehicles some day, then find a statistical model and apply it to your numbers. 1% intoxicated? 10%? I don’t know the exact amount, and it varies by time and day of the week… but it can get scary really fast.

Yet none of us seem to worry too much about that. We place a lot of faith in fellow drivers, even though motor vehicle fatalities are high on the list of reasons of “how people die” in the USA.

Thousands of motor vehicle accidents, thousands of fatalities. Your odds of being a victim of a “nut” with a firearm are much lower than being the victim in some sort of motor vehicle accident.

How many people do you know who have been involved or injured by motor vehicle incidents, vs how many people do you know who have been victims of firearm incidents?

Think about it and try to put it into perspective.

Now who is the nut?