I do agree to an extent to what you say, Pressure. But its not the insecurity which drives a person to get a gun. If that was the case, all geeks and pessimistic people would be gun owners in the first place.
Post 9/11, this number has increased significantly because the common American citizen's first priority is safety of his family, his wife, his child and his parents.
And with Bin Laden somewhere out there calling the shots and our own administration unable to stop him, he has no choice, actually.
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