A modest suggestion: first, learn how to shoot. Something simple, like a .22 target pistol. Find someone who knows what they’re doing and ask them to teach you. Learn how to load it, how to stand, how to hold it, how to aim, how to pull the trigger. Feel the recoil. Practice at a target range. None of this is particularly complicated, but “gun” will no longer be an abstraction, it will be something tied to body memory.
A modest suggestion: first, learn how to shoot. Something simple, like a .22 target pistol. Find someone who knows what they’re doing and ask them to teach you. Learn how to load it, how to stand, how to hold it, how to aim, how to pull the trigger. Feel the recoil. Practice at a target range. None of this is particularly complicated, but “gun” will no longer be an abstraction, it will be something tied to body memory.
Now, think about whether you want to own a gun.