What makes me try to see her fear is an event that occurred right here in OK. Of course, it's obvious that this guy did not have an actual terrorist agenda: he was pursuing a personal grudge. But by using the methods of the terrorists, he's ramped up the atmosphere significantly. And there's no doubt at all that he was inspired by terrorists. I can see someone having an irrational reaction to things like this and thinking that a step like this might at least feel like she's doing something to keep safer. Of course it's not, and it's a very useless and superficial reaction.
But you are right too--it could be a way to garner business from other frightened people who want to learn to shoot guns to protect themselves from supposed terrorists.
Or to make a name for themselves by shooting someone in "self-defense" a la George Zimmerman and several others in the last year or so.
This country SO needs some decent gun control laws.
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Date: 2014-10-01 01:22 pm (UTC)But you are right too--it could be a way to garner business from other frightened people who want to learn to shoot guns to protect themselves from supposed terrorists.
Or to make a name for themselves by shooting someone in "self-defense" a la George Zimmerman and several others in the last year or so.
This country SO needs some decent gun control laws.