Xpost: Austrailian gun control...

[Nuclear Unicorn]

60. People make all sort of preparations for all sorts unfortunate events.

Seat belts, insurance, immunizations, etc. None of that involves fear.

Criminals exist. By their nature they prey upon those they believe they can overpower. They actively work to overcome passive defenses such as locked doors. Acknowledging this fact and preparing for it with the means most likely to protect the would-be victim is not irrational.

The fact that 80+ million gun owners use their guns defensively tens, if not hundreds of thousands of times each year resulting in fewer than 250 fatalities speaks, I think, to the point that they are not driven by emotion as much as they are simply wanting to defend themselves as effectively as possible.

You, on the other hand, seem to have an emotional, irrational fixation for labeling normal, ethical behavior that you cannot understand as "fear." People are not morally obligated to coddle your irrational emotions at the expense of their personal safety.