Assignment 10 - Lizzy Wolfe

I have several things that scare me, so I dont think I can give a fair answer to what scares me the most. One thing that has always been a very big fear of mine is danger. When I feel like myself or others have the possibility to be harmed I get very anxious.

I hate guns. Everything about them, it doesn’t matter who’s in control or the purpose of having them. When I was five years old, I was in swim lessons. The father of a girl in my class was a policeman. He would come to pick her up in full uniform and every time I would see him I would cry. I didn’t realize that he wouldn’t use the gun unless he had to.  More recently, I was in Kroger when I noticed a man that had a gun in his pocket. When he started yelling at the cashier, his wife, and other shoppers, I left quickly. Now, I won’t go to the gas station or the grocery store late at night without someone else.

I think the main reason this scares me is because when guns aren’t used properly they can take someone’s life in a second, regardless of if they deserved it or not. I don’t think that violence is an appropriate way to handle arguments. I know I am not alone in this fear, and I think that something needs to be done about gun use in America