I'm really tired of people using their fears to trample over others.
Put these people on a reality show where they have to learn to use a gun. Now that would be funny.
Yes. That mentality has become widespread. For example you will see laws that say open carry is legal, yet if someone reports that they "feel" unsafe then that is all it takes to abridge another person's right and to threaten them with a "brandishing" or "terroristic display" charge.
And it's not just guns either. We've pretty much altered our entire culture so that it's now based on the lowest common denominator, and they're usually hypothetical at that. When did we go from requiring objective and reasonable evidence that someone's rights were being infringed or otherwise jeopardized, to the point now that someone merely has to say they "feel" this or they "feel" that? It's an extension of the permanent childhood. Go run and tell teacher!
You hear this crap all the time. Some variation of "I have a right to
feel safe". Well no, actually you don't. You don't have a right to feel one way or another, particularly not when using it as a basis to dictate what others can and can't do. A lot of the problems we have now come from nothing more complex than excessive coddling and pandering to wimps and whiners. This whole country would do well with a nice warm glass of STFU.