[missdpuck]

I've often thought of getting a gun because I live alone. And yes, I get lots of encouragement to do just that.
I look at it this way. I live in the suburbs and our houses are close together. I have an alarm system. If the intruder has a gun, I'm most likely screwed no matter what. If he doen't have one, he is the one with the criminal mindset. I'd just freak out and have the gun turned against me most likely. No matter what happens the odds are that help would arrive more quickly than I could figure out what to do with the damned gun.
However, if I lived in a remote area, I would probably have a gun. I would use it enough to feel comfortable with it (shooting coffee cans, clay pigeons, whatever) and it would serve as somewhat of a psychological crutch. Yes, I could still have it turned against me, and I could still freak out. But the odds of getting help in that situation would not be in my favor most likely so in an oddball way it would make some sense in that setting.

Oh wow, grey foxes in my yard! Sorry, this is so cool--my back yard is tiny, and there they are gekkering by the French doors!

As for gun control I've been brainwashed by the saying "If guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns". I often think we are too far along for that. I'm not saying things should stay as they are, I just dont know how to get back the guns that are out there already. There would have to be this huge shift in thinking and I don't think that will happen.

Sorry I can't think straight about this post--those foxes are just too cool. How could anyone hunt them????