a found poem from Facebook comments
March 28 at 3:18 p.m.
Why don’t you have a gun?
Comments:
Suzi Q. Smith Because I’m afraid I would use it.
Priscilla Hernandez what Suzi said. Also my cousin murdered in cold blood by her my more than 2 cents take em away from everyone, including the mofo government. then we b gud
Maya Osborne ^ precisely.
Christopher Michael Strapped
Maryam Dilakian Passley Because I don’t want to take another person’s life.
Natasha Hooper You don’t HAVE to kill anyone just because you have a gun …
Jessicah Shirah Kean I was raised around guns, and more than once had a need to use them. My father once told me that you should never pull a gun unless you intend to use it. Well, he ended up getting murdered and I decided to not to live the kind of life that made me feel like I needed to use that kind of force to keep myself safe. I don’t have a gun because I don’t ever want to shoot someone.
Blaine Scooter Young II Because I don’t trust myself not to use it.
Devin Johnson Cause I’ve been lucky enough to not have to use/need one
Rachel Best Because I was planning on using it the last time I checked myself into a mental hospital.
Maria Soriano Because with my luck an attacker would take it from me and use it on me. Why arm the little mother effers? #igotknees
Ilbersalle Fallon Because I don’t want to get shot
Raul Brunet Jr Because it cost to much to have and maintain legally.
It’s much easier to get one off the street and just pay for the piece not worrying about a license, background checks, or safety classes.
Something’s wrong with this picture … SMH
SaraEve Fermin Because I come from a family of suicide. Because my grandfather committed suicide with a shotgun. Because I have told my doctors about my own suicidal thoughts. Because with this information, they would not let me have one.
Gayla Marsh Because it is more likely to hurt someone close to my heart than to protect them.
John Chance Acevedo Taking classes soon like saturday soon. To legally own
Aldia Lebron Becuz I have more than one
Laura Vookles Honestly—it’s not something that ever occurred to me to consider.
J. F. Seary Because I have the distinct privilege not to live in the kind of fear that requires it. I’ve never felt the need for it.
Marquis Ealy 1 they kill niggas for toy guns
2 my suicidal ideation + gun = …
3 I have 3 kids they get into more shit than I ever thought kids could … See more
Tara Jean Bee Because I can’t think of a place I could hide it, that my kids couldn’t find it.
Phillip Giambri Sold them all when I retired.
Liv Mammone Because I don’t have enough balance to hold it and would probably get taken off my feet by the kickback.
Croilot Carlos Adames I have a gun. It has 66 bullets. Demons are afraid it and abusers don’t know how to use it properly.
Thomas Fucaloro Because I have a pen
Chancelier Xero Skidmore They don’t block bullets and therefore do not protect anyone.