Yesterday on the local news, a male human with a gun ended an argument with his girl friend by shooting and wounding her and her son. Then he turned the gun on her two teen age daughters and killed them. Then he killed himself. The gun anarchists claim humans need guns to protect themselves from intruders. However, the truth is that most gun homicides are done by humans who know the victims, in other words friends and relatives. Disputes occur in any community, but in this American gun culture disputes too often end in gun violence because guns are so readily available. The police and the military need guns to protect the community, but what do individual humans need with guns? Hunting? Hunting is not a sport. Carnivores like my cousins the wolves have to be predators to survive. I am sure that they would prefer to have their meat served to them on a plate, but that is not their lot in life. Little human hunters hunt because it makes them feel tough. They wouldn't be so tough if the rest of us animals could shoot back.
Chloe
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