“If ever America feels so scary to where I think I need a gun, shoot me now.” Until just months ago, the above quote was my glib thought about gun ownership. But a number of conditions, both political and personal, have adjusted my attitude. On some weekends you can now find me firing 9-millimeter bullets at cardboard targets that suggest a head and human torso. What has changed my mind after all these years? The universe has been giving me “signs” that it was time to buy a g