The thing with paranoid schozophrenia is, that most american republicans could be diagnosed with having it - These are some of the signs of onset paranois Schizophrenia -
- Suspiciousness and a general fear of others' intentions.
- Persistent, unusual thoughts or beliefs.
- Difficulty thinking clearly.
Showering with a rifle is fear of others intentions and dificulty thinking clearly. As you say yourself - he is trolling, which means even you must agree that it is crazy to shower with your rifle. Then you turn around and defend a guy who say it is not crazy to shower with a rifle. You seem a bit confused. So is he trolling, because it is too crazy if it was real? Or is it completely normal? Make a choice.
Crime and murder rates has been declining for the last 20 years, meh maybe stagnating a bit the last 5-10 years, but it is not going up. The places you get your data, if you can call it that, are lying to you. I will show a chart, you won't believe it, and I get that - but go do your own research. Google is your friend. Go for accredited sources that has no political mission, and I think you will be surprised with what you find, and then most likely ignore it.
They want you to think crime is rising, they want you to thing the illegals are comming, they want you to think liberals are communists, and so on and on. They want you ignorant, misinformed, and angry. Which describes every american republican I have spoken to. And it is not because they are stupid - they are just massively misinformed through masterful propaganda. I used to ask myself how people could gas children to death and just look on, I simply could not understand it. After speaking with republicans I am terrified to say that now I do understand.
In emergency situations I would rather have a first aid course(which I got), and I would 99.9% of the time rather have a first aid kit, or a fire extinguisher, then a weapon.There are axtremely few "good guy with a gun saves day" stories compared to "Good guy shoots wrong person/good guy with gun shot by other good guy with a gun who thought the other guy was a bad guy/or police shooting the good guy because he had a weapon out."
All these scenarios you guys dream up about defending yourself are just so weird (See - Suspiciousness and a general fear of others' intentions). You think a gun will solve your problems, it is this weird hero fantasy where you see yourself as the bad ass hero fighting off the villains with your fists and guns.
Imagine if someone was as passionate about, lets say hammers, as you guys are about guns - you don't just like them, you LOVE them.Would it not be a bit weird to you? Then when the hammer lover told you he always carried at least 2 hammers, because what if there was a nail that needed hammering - even weirder right?