Well Joe, I don't understand why you have taken offense this time. You and your fellow travelers have repeatedly expressed the need for guns for protection. So I accept that. There is something from which you feel the need for protection. There is something you fear. Some fear for which you must be prepared.

I cannot imagine why you think I classify fear as a mental illness. That is YOUR definition...certainly not mine. Fear is the natural response when threatened. Why the defensiveness?

And just what is a nanny state anyway?