> I was making a (what I thought was) very thinly-veiled commentary on the current political discourse regarding guns in the media. Sure, but by doing that you

> I was making a (what I thought was) very thinly-veiled commentary on the current political discourse regarding guns in the media. Sure, but by doing that you were insinuating the only reason the author fought against guns in space (and won), was due to some irrational absolute fear of guns. The point I was trying to make is that the drivers for that decisions were more nuanced - there are tradeoffs when allowing astronauts to carry guns: they need to be trained, there _is_ an increase in accidental or intentional gun discharge, procedures have to be developed and maintained regarding gun storage and usage, increased storage weight etc. You can argue against each one of these cons (and you may well be right, although I don't think that would be immediately apparent), but that's beyond my point. My point was simply that the decision was more nuanced than "I'm irrationally afraid of guns".