Originally Posted by
Syme
You're not naive for not loving guns or even for disliking guns, but you are naive to think that people who want to have a gun are "paranoid" and that it's a "dubious personality trait" that makes someone impossible to trust. Those sentiments display a naive lack of understanding of the mentality of people who want to own guns for self-defense. Like it or not, violent crime is real and it does affect millions of Americans every year; like it or not, the police probably won't be able to respond in time if someone tries to make you into a victim. Being aware of these facts and deciding to be able to defend yourself isn't paranoia. If someone who does this is impossible for you to trust, then the criteria by which you award personal trust are deeply flawed and, yes, naive. Someone's desire to defend themselves against the commonplace phenomenon of violent crime has nothing to do with how trustworthy they are.
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