Tough question Seeker.
I, for myself, have chosen not to own a gun. This is despite living in Country know all over the world for its high crime rate (South Africa) and also despite having undergone military training in which I became quite proficient with such hardware.
My view is that we are the creators of our own reality in very, very powerful ways. I believe that we draw experiences to ourselves though our thoughts, beliefs and intentions. My belief is that I can, through choosing inner-peace, create outer-peace for myself. And I put this belief into action in myriad ways. One of these was by choosing not to own a gun. I feel the choice to own a gun is the choice that says “it is possible that I might be attacked violently in such a way that I will have no option but to kill my attacker”. Isn’t that essentially it? The reduction of options to the destruction of a life ?
No, I choose to know that I will always have options that include a positive outcome. But I realise this is my way and this does not constitute a judgement on anyone that has chosen another way. I don’t, for example, have children or other dependants and I can see how that might change things. Would I feel differently if I thought I might have to defend THEIR lives too? I don’t know. Also, I know some people have a very different view from what I do about what is going to happen in the coming changes. They see a social melt-down where I see an ascension to a higher level of consciousness. So there are many different factors that might impact on a decision like this.
My point is I do not judge others for their decision to own a gun. But I for myself have decided that I don’t want or need any people killing equipment. Or animal killing equipment either for that matter. But that is a whole other story.
