Even if that society ostracised you for gun ownership (assuming you have one, and wear it in public)? Your feelings could be hurt significantly. More to the point though, you'd probably find it difficult to have sex with other people.
Would you give up guns if a) you lived in a safe society and b) gun ownership meant that your options for having coital experiences were reduced? Or would you move to a society where the norms included mandatory gun ownership, or something similar?
I just want to see how you'd be influenced by your society - would you change your mind, or change your environment?
If the society I lived in was both safe, and looked down upon gun ownership, I would most likely seek another society that accepted - "accepted" would be first choice, "preferred" second, and "required" a distant third - gun ownership. I have very little desire to be where I am not welcome. If it was
not safe, I'm afraid it would be my nature to attempt to show them the error of their ways - which is exactly what I am doing in this thread. The society in the US is not safe, and it is precisely the refusal to honor people's right to self-defense (among other things) that is the cause.
Thankfully, I have no need to fear loss of coital experiences for my views, as I am lucky enough to have found a woman who shares them.
So, even if there was absolutely no chance that there would ever be the need for a gun in a given society (unrealistic, yes, but that's not the point) and that society did look down on you for gun ownership, you'd relocate somewhere gun ownership is not an issue?
So for you, the gun control issue is a problem because you like guns (that's understandable - everyone should have a hobby) more than it is about your political views?
I hope I'm not putting words in your mouth, that's not my intention. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
I know that wasn't directed at me, but I would like to answer.
I have a gun (several actually). I wear one in public (and private).
Some things outweigh others. Proving "a" would have much more influence over my decisions than "b" being a reality. In fact, I doubt "b" would have any influence at all.
I would never move from a society where I have a choice to a society where I don't, unless there were very strong reasons for doing so (like, my kid needs medical treatment every day and this is the only place in the world which offers that specific treatment). Quite the opposite is true. I'm more likely to relocate to a place where I have more freedom in my choices.
I wasn't asking if myrkul (or anyone) would move to a society in which they had fewer freedoms. I was asking if guns were so important to you that you'd move to obtain those freedoms, or if you'd bow to societal pressure and give the guns up. It's a question about how much you value gun ownership.
