I don’t own a gun and never will. I would much rather be shot then to ever have to shoot someone. This is called radical pacifism. It is difficult to see the violence we commit everyday to ourselves and to others. The tearing at the seams. We cannot see the person and see only the outline, the abstraction. But this is all an illusion. Groups do not exist. There is no tribe. I promise you, by probability and chance alone, that we will live this same life forever and ever. We will live with each other forever. Murder is absurd in a world of infinite possibilities and finite construction. We do not see this in a world governed by mathematical laws. So, if we cannot escape this hell then we will just have to create heaven here together. It’s hard work. But we have all the time we need to get it right. Know hope.