Gun Ownership Double Standard
By Tom Knighton. October 22, 2020
While looking at gun-related stories earlier, I came across one that asked people of different faiths if the American interest in firearms was idolatry. Now, as a Christian myself, I was curious to find what people thought.
I had my ideas of what I'd find, of course, but one of the responses just outright infuriated me.
See, while most of those they talked to about it recognized that there's no actual worship of firearms, one person both failed to answer the actual question and managed to show just how idiotic they were on the topic itself. It was kind of impressive, really.
David Gardiner – Buddhist
David Gardiner is an associate professor in the Colorado College Religion Department, specializing in Buddhism and religions of China and Japan, and is co-founder and director of BodhiMind Center.
I believe the relationship many Americans have with guns is pathological. Not all gun owners idolize their possession, but those who do suffer from insecurity, paranoia, susceptibility to conspiracy theories, likely racism and other disorders. Similarly, some idolize the power of the military and police to keep our world and communities safe. Missing is a consensus to care for one another just as we care for ourselves.....
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"The police can't be everywhere at any given point, which means the odds of them being right where you need them to be right when you need them there are slim to none. It's on you to protect yourself and it always has been."
