• chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    18 hours ago

    Ah, I’m not arguing against having a gun as a progressive or anything, but part of me doesn’t trust me with a gun. I probably won’t have an issue, but I play with stuff a little too much. I have stabbed myself and slashed myself with knives. Not in a suicidal way; in both cases it was curiosity but I made sure to use somewhere safe (slash was not near any major veins or vessels and was light, stab was less intentional and was testing a safety function of the knife but went in a small bit on my leg).

    I feel like I’ll be careful enough, but 5% of me worries I’ll play with the gun inappropriately somehow. My current roommate(one of my sisters) is also uncomfortable with guns, so that somewhat affects my decision too.

    That said, I’m in agreement with a lot of what you said, and I’ve been moving more to the side of maybe I should. As for where I am, I’m in Decatur, fairly close to ATL, and quite a few of my friends do have guns so I do have people I can talk to about practice.