[lit-ideas] Re: Feeling Safe isn't safe
- From: Phil Enns <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 02 May 2007 11:37:11 -0300
Lawrence Helm wrote:
"Only those qualified means: not-criminals, not-nutcases, not-inept, and not
too lazy to become qualified."
We agree, then, that government has the right to restrict gun ownership and
that gun ownership is a privilege to be earned. It would appear that the
'if more people had guns, we would be safer' talk is something of a
problematic distraction but I can see how it fits the 'Rugged Individualism'
mythology. We all have our myths that we use to get through the day, but as
Freud tells us, some myths are healthier than others. And surely the John
Wayne mythology of carving law and order out of a chaotic frontier land is a
bit out of place in an increasingly globalized world, and therefore perhaps
not entirely healthy?
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
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