The pathos just wrings my heart.

Perhaps there’s a group like AA that Bob can attend.

I can see it now: “Hi, My name’s Bob, and it’s been two weeks since I soiled my panties from seeing the gun a Police Officer was carrying…”

The position that one may be assaulted by a gun-wielding nut for cutting into line is a fantasy advanced by people who, in all likelihood, are simply using projection. Since they understand that they can’t be trusted with a gun, they assume no one else can. The argument that there would be dead bodies at every intersection if people who went to the trouble to be tested, applied for and were issued a CCW permit were “allowed” to carry concealed weapons is something that has never materialized.

If you fear guns, who do you call if something goes wrong? Men with guns, wearing uniforms.

I suggest that a Google search for “the only ones” be done if one really believes that only people in uniform are “qualified” to carry and safely use guns.

BTW – “the only ones” in uniform have no compelled legal duty to protect any individual citizen – even if that citizen dials 911.

Anthropomorphizing inanimate objects is the occupation of fools. And fearing law abiding citizens – but not the criminal who keeps his unlawfully possessed gun under his coat – is, at the very least, paranoia.

Please don’t be a hypocrite. If you find yourself in the category of fearing a law abiding citizen toting a gun, please consider posting your house and self as being unarmed. Here’s a helpful product for those who have an emotional fear of guns: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0vyxgJLJVA With this helpful product, you can rest easy, assured that you will never be harmed by a nut with a gun.

Since criminals don’t always obey laws proscribing carrying guns, murdering and raping people, and committing general mayhem, the above link will give you total peace of mind – wherever you are, and wherever you go. Act now! Get yours today!

If you fear law abiding citizens, I humbly suggest that you seek professional help. Years of therapy can do wonders. While the statement “(a) fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity” has been misattributed to Sigmund Freud, nevertheless, modern psychoanalysis can work wonders for all types of phobias, including a fear of guns and armed citizens, now defined as “hoplophobia” by Col. Jeff Cooper. Of course, specific phobias require that the person be aware of, and acknowledge, that their fear is irrational, and causes some kind of functional impairment – such as avoiding a place where the affected person may (shudder) encounter an armed person or actually view a gun. (Starbucks?)

Going to pains to avoid actually seeing a gun is an impairment that may be treatable. And just think – by admitting such a disability, one may be able to obtain disability plates for their auto, and collect a nice check from the government and/or from workman’s comp insurance. In fact, I feel an irrational fear of guns coming on right now…

When you see people carrying in other places, will you hide in your basement, or leave the country?

Sorry to hear about your long standing psychological issues that went uncorrected as a child. If only your family had been able to diagnose and correct your aberation, maybe you could have grown to be a fully actualized member of mainstream society. Good for you: Acknowledging your problem publicly is a first step toward getting better. Accepting reality can be difficult, but we’re pulling for you. Get well sooon. And – Thanks for sharing!