I suspect this has to do with encountering the reality of death. (Leading from the idea that I imagine most gun owners are also at least casual hunters) It’s a subject super heavy on the mythic/pragmatic divide you addressed on the other blog. If you’re already approaching the world from a pagan/animist perspective, it’s impossible to take life without it being a serious event that makes you consider your own reality as a material bag of meat as well. If you’re willing to grapple with this and come out the other side to a reverent and sustainable harvest, I think you’ve probably also gotten over a lot of the petty crap people get upset about. Meanwhile people who may have never seen a gun in person get wrapped up in mythic ideas of the evilness of any meat-eater who ever appreciated bacon, and compassionless corporations raise critters in horrific conditions all in the name of maximizing profit, which of course embodies its own myth. That’s my theory, anyway. -Korellyn
Re: Guns, pagans, and sanity, oh my!
Date: 2019-11-18 09:17 am (UTC)-Korellyn