Liberty wrote: How did they react when they see handguns strapped to an LEO. I also know people that have unreasonable fears of dogs, Clowns, and stuffed animals. I would like to see the folks with unreasonable fears locked up so they could be held nice and safe.
Nervously. I think for a lot of people, at a young age, the gun strapped to the side is what made them "respect" or even fear a LEO. Perhaps I'm wrong, but I dont think I am in most cases..
I can see your point on unreasonable fears... As far as guns go, just picture yourself, you only hear about guns through the media, and you've never handled one in your life...... Don't think you'd be scared to death of them? Just like handling a snake, ask a kid why they fear them, ask yourself why you might fear them.. Getting bit? The poison? Same thing, guns are a instrument that can cause serious injury or death. Both you, me and everyone else on this forum knows that guns dont kill people, but in the wrong hands they are deadly. Everytime you hear about guns in everyday life, in the news paper, in the news, you rarely hear anything positive about them, so the fear of guns is a real fear, unreasonable? Depends on who ya talk to.. A lot of fears are unreasonable like you mentioned, clowns ( ya mean they dont freak ya out just a little?
), stuffed animals... But then you have fear of the dark, fear of dogs, fear of guns.. People fear those things because what they have heard, or because of the unknown.