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Seriously… what is up with the South, the rural areas, and the republican party with their biblical love of guns based on fabricated fear? Does someone really need a stockpile? And why is it all or nothing? Why when people even mention “Gun Safety” we immediately have radio talk show hosts literally screaming about revolution on CNN? The hyper-knee jerk reactions like that – where extremists are so loud that all of us in the middle, the majority, can’t even be heard… proves that the NRA has done its job.

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I find it unsettling. Paranoia + guns… is that really a good thing for the NRA to be encouraging? I don’t believe anyone would agree that it’s a good combination to intentionally create, and yet the NRA has spent decades pushing people to their paranoid limits. Have they finally gone too far?

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Gun owners: chill out. Seriously. I get that you like to hunt, that’s cool. You might love collecting, and that’s fine, too. I get that deeper down inside your psyche than the love of hunting is the power you feel when you hold a gun. That’s cool, as well. I will even personally be OK with a slight paranoia of “the other” breaking into your house, so you want to protect against that possibility by owning a lot of guns… personally, I wouldn’t choose a gun for that, but if you want to, that’s your right in this country. What’s NOT cool is the intense, feverish, “2nd amendment resolutions” that are a result of buying into all the fear mongering of the NRA and Republican Party. THAT is dangerous in this country.

People who love their guns aren’t dangerous, but people who cradle their guns because they are afraid of phantoms ARE dangerous. The NRA is 100% at fault for creating that environment. Chill the F out, people. Maybe in 200 years we’ll grow beyond this wacky desire to wield power by fire, but for now: chill out.

Get a hobby that doesn’t involve explosions or any sort – that’s a good start. Try fishing. Or golf.