You are probably sitting there thinking to yourself right now, “WE believe in self reliance and self sufficiency, this guy is full of crap”. I’m sure you do, but not to the extent Americans do. You’ll never understand until you live in the US and get to know Americans who don’t live in cities. We’d prefer to protect ourselves than call the police to protect us. We’ll call them but after we shoot the bad guy. Not only that, the police have zero responsibility to protect us. It’s been decided in court. so if the police aren’t required to protect us, who is? We are! It’s our duty and obligation which we appreciate.
I have no problem with self-sufficiency....I'M an American....I live in a rural area with my parents....And I STILL THINK YOU'RE FULL OF CRAP!
Also; You have "Average rural citizen" confused with "Jesse James meets Daisy Mae Moses (aka 'Granny')".
Finally; There's Law Enforcement in rural areas. They're these folks with titles like "County Sheriff" or "Sheriff Deputy".
Now; I understand that sometimes "911 Is A Joke" or you may be in an isolated area that's hard to find and get to. I can understand the frustration. I don't deny the need to protect oneself when the cops are lax.
But, my dear man; Rural areas are a billion times safer. You won't become a victim of a home invasion. Rural areas have less people and unless you go out of your way to P.O. people, nobody will care that you exist.
We who are weirded-out by guns are not anti-gun. We're fine with keeping a modest pistol for protection or a good hunting rifle to score some tasty venison. Both of those are fine for self-defense. YOU DON'T NEED A MILITARY-GRADE ASSAULT RIFLE! We just want heavier regulations and a BAN ON THOSE COMPLETELY UNNECESSARY ASSAULT RIFLES!
* We need heavy regulations and background checks!
* We need certain super-destructive guns that you don't need banned!
* We need to allow "Smart Guns" to be sold.
* We need mandatory lessons in shooting, gun care and safety!
* We need a stronger mental health system, better school guidance counselors and lessons in conflict resolution so we don't keep spawning more Seung-Hui Chos or Adam Lanzas!
* We need to quit publicizing the names and faces of those shooters and keep them anonymous (many of them 'shoot-em-up' so they become famous)!
* We need to put the kibosh on TOXIC MASCULINITY!
FINALLY! IF ALL THIS IS ABOUT "FIGHTING THE MAN", well....WHAT ARE YOU PECKERWOODS WITH ASSAULT RIFLES GONNA DO....WHEN ALL THE ARMED FORCES WITH BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF HARDWARE, MILLIONS OF SOLDIERS, DRONES AND ALL SORTS OF HIGH-TECH WIZARDRY....COME RUNNIN' AFTER YOU?!!!
Just admit it....You feel inadequate and wish you were a hero in a cheesy action flick!
What Would Jesus Do? He'd tell you to beat those guns into plows, turn the other cheek and love one another! Read your Gospels for once!
Why many of you SUPPOSEDLY worship this 2000-year-old Jewish Rabbi Proto-Hippie Socialist is beyond me! The Hebrew Testament version of YHVH may be more your speed but many of you are weirded-out by Jews. You make no sense! As asinine as I find the "Wotanist Bigot" crowd to be, at least they're choice of religious tradition makes more sense.
FINALLY: EVEN SELF-RELIANCE has limits! Whenever you like it or not, WE ARE ALL INTERCONNECTED and not everybody knows everything! We help each other! We learn from each other! PEOPLE NEED PEOPLE!
