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No sir, I don't need to see Ashcanistan for myself, the pictures will do me just fine.
I choose not to spend my money in countries with bad valules.
I think a lot of the problem is that most people simply don't think about it. They see the nice pictures of a vacation spot and it genuinely never crosses their mind that it could be unsafe. They are the same people that think everywhere in the US is perfectly safe and see no reason for anyone to own a firearm. What I haven't figured out yet is if they are simply ignorant, or if there is actually something wired differently in their brains that allows them to ignore common sense and removes all sources of anxiety. Because I personally feel a significant amount of anxiety just thinking about going somewhere sketchy.
I think they are incapable of truly viewing the world outside of their life experience. They can discuss things academically, but in their "reality" it is just that, and academic problem. They are safe. They have never been unsafe. Therefore, there is no reason for anyone to need a firearm. They will be unable to change their mindset until slapped in the face with reality. Even then, most are so set in their "world view" that they are unable to change. Then the blame gets placed on the object (ie. firearm) as the blame, rather than the human behind it.
I am amazed at the number of people who think it is ok togive their high school age kids a bunch of money and credit cards and let them go to these places. Remember Natalie Halloway in Aruba.
Back when the second amendment was written everyone owned a gun because they had to and no one doubted the need to own one and be knowledgeable about its use and danger.
Aruba is 30 minutes from Venezuela by boat. Sending your kids there is purely idiotic. Take your family there, sure... it's beautiful. Been there a dozen or so times myself as I have family on the island.Would I send my son or daughter there by themselves, or even with a group of their friends? No way.Sint Maarten? No. Sint Bartholomy? No. Sint Eustatius? No.Saba? Yes.