I hate people who treat them like some toys and fantasize about them. That makes me think they are in some sort of death cult. That they found socially acceptable way to love violence.
I would still get one for safety but it is a tool made for specifically one thing. To pierce the skin and rip through the inner organs of a person.
They can serve a good purpose but they are fundamentally grim tools of pain and suffering. They shouldn’t be celebrated and glorified in their own right, that is sick. They can be used to preserve something precious but at a price to pay.
I am actually with this. I’ve tried so hard to think of what purpose a gun has and the primary reason for it’s invention was to make killing people easier. As it was invented in time of war. Every other reason we’ve found a gun useful for, are just for some impracticality that we decided to go with when the simpler option isn’t available. But the bottom line still remains the same - the gun was made for making killing easier and it has been proven time and time again.
How do you even find this post but yes I don’t think it changed for me. When I grab a pistol the weight and precision is ominous and solemn. I know that it is specifically made to produce spills of blood and brain on the floor in split seconds. This in turn makes it impossible to lightheartedly enjoy or have fun handling it, cracking jokes left and right with beer and bbq.