Fear and Paranoia in Las Americas..

 

The United States is a nation of scared kittens, there is simply no other explanation for it, practically everyone is scared most of the time.

 

I'm talking gun control here (which a lot of lawmakers are scared to talk about) I'm not particularly anti gun, I don't hunt but have no problem with people who do, I eat meat but don't have the guts to kill the animal face to face. I do however take issue with the AR-15, extra round clip, RPG toting gun 'nut' type.

 

The public face of these 'collectors' is "Don't mess with me, over my dead body, from the grip of my cold dead hands" but in reality they're terrified. They must be, where's the boogy man coming from?

 

Look, the white man is scared of the black man, the black man is scared of the police, the police are scared of everyone and EVERYONE is scared of the government. I'm telling you, it's a nation in constant fear of itself which is why it feels the need to arm itself to the teeth to protect itself from itself. If you have a gun to protect your family here's a cold hard fact, gun owners are three times more likely to die as a result of a gunshot than non gun owners and five time more likely to commit suicide, have a gun by all means but don't think it makes you safer because the opposite is true. If you don't believe me just google "gun safety in the US"

 

The problem of course is perception, 24 hour news channels have us shaking in our seats and reaching for our pistols. Fed on a Non stop diet of terrible murder and mayhem leads most people to believe it's only a matter of time before the doomsday scenario starts. But take a look around, when was the last time you, or someone in your family or even someone you know was the victim of a violent crime? True it very much depends on your socio economic surroundings but for the most part most of us are pretty safe, except from ourselves.

 

This mistaken perception is a self fullfilling prophecy with terrible social consequences. It leads to more guns which leads to more mistakes and more deaths, our society as a whole suffers when the walls go up around (mainly) white gated communities as the upper middle class retreats and further distances itself from reality further reinforcing the mistaken perception that it's "dangerous out there"

 

 

Here's a few tips on how to avoid getting shot.

 

1. Don't own a handgun.

2. Don't go looking for crack at 4am in suspect areas.

3. Pay prostitutes promptly.

 

It's pretty straightforward, follow basic common sense and you'll probably be ok.

 

Rant over.