pallabjd on Nostr: I have this little memory from my childhood regarding owning a personal gun. It may ...
I have this little memory from my childhood regarding owning a personal gun. It may be irrelevant to you guys but I am just sharing the story.
So, it was the time of 1983/84. There were around 12 households in my neighborhood. Only two of them had firearms. Both the houses with guns were really poor, one family even lived in a small hut made of bamboo. They didn't even have any young people in the family.
The other 10 households were of decent condition. They had many young people in their family, and had other measures to protect themselves. Just no guns.
At that time we had some communal violence in this area. Police station was around 10 kms away. All the households except the two with guns suffered a lot. Goons destroyed some houses, looted the others. But never even touched the two small huts that had guns.
Compared to that, now we have a police station just 1.5 kms away. The people don't have communal violence anymore. And they don't have the guns too. Despite of that, everybody had to suffer periodically because of occasional rise in theft and burglary.
One thing I realized for sure is that having a gun in my hand is way better than having a policeman with a gun near me.
As an Indian, owning a gun is really really difficult for me. Still, I hope one day I will own a real gun and protect my family from danger. I hope one day property rights, personal liberty and right to privacy will get enough importance in India that owning a gun would not be that difficult anymore.
So, it was the time of 1983/84. There were around 12 households in my neighborhood. Only two of them had firearms. Both the houses with guns were really poor, one family even lived in a small hut made of bamboo. They didn't even have any young people in the family.
The other 10 households were of decent condition. They had many young people in their family, and had other measures to protect themselves. Just no guns.
At that time we had some communal violence in this area. Police station was around 10 kms away. All the households except the two with guns suffered a lot. Goons destroyed some houses, looted the others. But never even touched the two small huts that had guns.
Compared to that, now we have a police station just 1.5 kms away. The people don't have communal violence anymore. And they don't have the guns too. Despite of that, everybody had to suffer periodically because of occasional rise in theft and burglary.
One thing I realized for sure is that having a gun in my hand is way better than having a policeman with a gun near me.
As an Indian, owning a gun is really really difficult for me. Still, I hope one day I will own a real gun and protect my family from danger. I hope one day property rights, personal liberty and right to privacy will get enough importance in India that owning a gun would not be that difficult anymore.