Originally Posted by
TomMcC
The lust for power in certain people is quite biblical in scope...we've all got a little Ahab and Jezebel in us.
So to be objective for a moment, power is security and most rational minded people want security for themselves and their family. Most of us here achieve that through various tools of personal defense because we lack the means to build a secure empire around ourselves.
So just as guns aren't inherently good or evil, neither is the desire for power and security. It's all about how you obtain those tools and use them for better or for worse. We should also probably keep in mind that we didn't become the apex predator on this planet by trying to understand the other predators that were competing with us and it shouldn't be surprising that those genetic remnants might still be so strong in some that they still see everyone else as a competing predator.
Not that I'm giving anyone a pass who gains power through the abuse of the innocent or anything, I just see the actual motivations.
It's hard to be a ACLU hating, philosophically Libertarian, socially liberal, fiscally conservative, scientifically grounded, agnostic, porn admiring gun owner who believes in self determination.
Chuck, we miss ya man.
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