Former Texan turns to the dark side.

[Liberty]

Sounds like the know-it-all northeasterners brainwashed her. I've lived up in the northeast. They might be the most ignorant people out there but they like to consider themselves highly sophisticated.
I know from experience she's wrong. She should pray every day that experience doesn't show her how wrong she is.

Having lived up there most of my life I beg to differ. There are places in the north east that have had more reasonable gun laws than Texas or the rest of the country. New hampshire and Vermont are not as restrictrive as as Texas.

Please understand Massachussusetts New York and New Jersey are not the entire north east,

[Venus Pax]

There's a well-known saying in the pro-gun world: "It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it." I understand why that makes sense — as long as it's referring to umbrellas and tampons. As for a gun, I've come to believe that not having it and not feeling like I need it is, by far, the best way to be."

Umbrellas and tampons? Most umbrellas aren't very sturdy. I wouldn't feel comfortable having only an umbrella to fight off an attacker, although it would be better than nothing. And a tampon? Although perfectly suited for its intended purpose, I have yet to read a self-defense book or article that references the effectiveness of feminine hygiene against an attacker.
I think I'll keep the gun handy.

[srothstein]

I think she is a complete fraud and never liked guns to begin with. She put up with them because her father had them, then only carried one because the boyfriend forced her to. She also must have gotten her CHL pretty fast after the law passed if she gave it up and moved to NYC 8 and 1/2 years ago now.

All in all, I think she is a fraud.

BTW, Kevin, the other trigger crank device was the Hell-fire. From what I can see on the web, they are no longer in business.

[Stupid]

I would say if one needs a gun to feel powerful, then s/he must not have the gun.

Carrying a gun is not to make one feel powerful - not enpowerment. The best analogy would be carrying insurance. Does one feel powerful when s/he buys big life insurance?

[OverEasy]

Iam not defending this woman! Maybe she is trying to make herself feel better about being defenseless. People who live in NYC really don't have any choice at all!

In NYC you have to have a permit just to buy a handgun, even if you only want to keep it next to the bed. Very few people are able to get a permit. Permit "To Carry" is another matter. From what I've heard it is extremely hard to get one.

Maybe since she had a gun in TX she has had to rationalize to herself and the world she is now without any choice in the matter.

I think maybe that's what is driving her. She feels safer without a gun and morally superior, because she has no choice.

Her other option is to think of herself as "Food" waiting to be eaten.

Il'd like to hear from her after she has been the victim of a crime in NYC and see if she still thinks the same way.

I would take her seriously if she had a choice and made the one she did. But I can't take her seriously in this case.

People convince themselves of weird stuff just so they can feel OK about thier lives.

Your session is over for this week....................., Dr. OE

[Paladin]

Sounds like the know-it-all northeasterners brainwashed her. I've lived up in the northeast. They might be the most ignorant people out there but they like to consider themselves highly sophisticated.
I know from experience she's wrong. She should pray every day that experience doesn't show her how wrong she is.

Having lived up there most of my life I beg to differ. There are places in the north east that have had more reasonable gun laws than Texas or the rest of the country. New hampshire and Vermont are not as restrictrive as as Texas.

Please understand Massachussusetts New York and New Jersey are not the entire north east,

True... Getting specific, I would give Vermont, NH, Maine, and even upstate NY a pass...

[Jacob Staff]

Welcome to New York.



http://story.news.ask.com/image/2007050 ... =D8OT3PQ83

[Glockamolie]

How do we get the rest of 'em to move to New York? Good riddance. She might be a *GULP* registered voter.

[Dirt Dauber]

This young lady cannot think for herself.I do not believe shes for real . The good news is she's where there are like minded people and far away from here. DD

[dihappy]

I realized I no longer needed a gun to feel powerful. If anything, my willingness to be vulnerable makes me stronger. My newfound ability to live in the moment, rather than in perpetual, agitated anticipation — and dread at maybe having to put a bullet into someone — gives me more joy.

There's a well-known saying in the pro-gun world: "It's better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it." I understand why that makes sense — as long as it's referring to umbrellas and tampons. As for a gun, I've come to believe that not having it and not feeling like I need it is, by far, the best way to be.

Some people learn the hard way. She should talk to Suzanna Hupp.

Good idea :)

[Lodge2004]

If anything, my willingness to be vulnerable makes me stronger. My newfound ability to live in the moment, rather than in perpetual, agitated anticipation — and dread at maybe having to put a bullet into someone — gives me more joy.

I can understand the attraction, however, it is juvenile at best. I am sure that quitting her job and moving back home to live with her parents would provide a similar feeling...i.e. "My newfound ability to live in the moment, rather than in a perpetual, agitated anticipation - and dread at maybe having to earn a living and support myself - gives me more joy."

Most of us have grown up and learned to appreciate the joy that comes with facing the challenges and responsibilities of adulthood.

[frankie_the_yankee]

If anything, my willingness to be vulnerable makes me stronger. My newfound ability to live in the moment, rather than in perpetual, agitated anticipation — and dread at maybe having to put a bullet into someone — gives me more joy.

"Living in the moment" is a characteristic of infants and most animal species like dogs and cats. In psychology class I was taught that the ability to contemplate the self, the past, the present, and the future, was one of the things that distinguished humans from animals.

When this happens to an adult human, it is sometimes called "regression".