Motives for some gun owners

A lot of people belong to a religious organization out of fear - fear of dying or fear that they aren't all that important in the scheme of the universe and they want to believe that their influence will somehow last forever. And some people vote Republican out of fear - fear of minorities, fear of change, fear of science and just plain old fear of the boogeyman.

And the same is true of a lot of gun owners - they live in fear. They buy their guns so that they can protect themselves from minorities, bad guys (same thing to them?), fear that the government is coming to get them, fear of their neighbors and even fear of zombies. Whatever. They are probably not the best people to allow to have guns because they are ready to shoot at anything that scares them.

They can be fucking nuts and they are dangerous.

From Raw Story
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Tennessee woman fires shots at kid-filled car near her driveway

By David Edwards
Tuesday, July 23, 2013 9:23 EDT

A Tennessee woman is facing felony reckless endangerment charges after she allegedly fired multiple times and hit a car full of children that she thought was going to turn around in her driveway.

Oscar Scott told the Times-News that his wife and five children, ages 4 to 12, had come from their home in Rose Hill, Virginia to Bays Mountain Park on Sunday for a family outing.

But his plan to take a scenic route home went horrible wrong when he crossed paths with 72-year-old Margie Rhea Ramey.

"We came around the side of the mountain and saw a road that turned to the right that said Bays Mt. Road," Scott said. "We figured we'd take it and see if it came out at Bays Mountain Park. We got pretty far down that road and you could see where it turned into an old log road, so I put the vehicle in reverse to turn around."

"Just as I got it into reverse she started shooting at us," he recalled.

According to Scott, Ramey fired at his 1999 Chevy Tahoe at least twice, and one shot hit the running board only a few feet away from one of the five children.

"I hadn't even begun to turn my wheels to pull in her driveway," he explained. "I just put my vehicle in reverse, and just as quickly as I put it in reverse I heard her hollering and my little boy said, 'does she got a gun'. About that time she started shooting."

Sgt. Michael Allen of the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office interviewed Ramey after Scott reported the incident.

"During a field interview Mrs. Ramey openly admitted to shooting her rifle towards the vehicle because she has had a continuous problem with people tearing up her driveway," Allen told the Times-News.