Shooting a Sig Sauer P938 reveals its surprising weight and physical impact. The experience stirs a mix of previous familiarity with guns and current fears following the 2016 presidential election. After Donald Trump's win, the idea of purchasing a gun emerges amidst discussions of safety and parental responsibilities. Past experiences with hunting in the family contrast with present anxieties, highlighting complex feelings around firearms and their implications in today's society.
Firing even a small handgun, I discover, is a startlingly physical experience. I am shooting a Sig Sauer P938, a little gun that could easily fit into my purse, should I ever want to put it there.
On the morning after the 2016 presidential election, when my husband and I turn on NPR to hear confirmation that Donald Trump has won, my husband carefully sets his coffee cup down, takes a deep breath, and says, 'We should buy a gun.'
There is an unpleasant frisson of fear in the back of my mind, but I can't tell if I am afraid of the idea of a gun in the house or of what the ascendancy of a hate-mongering right wing might portend.
When I was a kid, there were guns in my house and no one thought anything of it. My father hunted ducks, pheasant, and quail, and my mother had a number of delicious recipes for each of them.
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