Yogis and Packing Guns

Recently I was having a conversation with a friend and fellow yogi when the topic turned towards guns. Not sure how that happened? My friend's father is a former vet and always carries a gun. I am okay with that, though it does freak me out when ever I see people with guns. I am from England and our gun laws are a little bit stricter! My friends father suggested to her to carry a .38 into the yoga studio, and I must admit I never thought about people carrying a gun into a yoga studio. If you sit and really think about it, it seems kind of hypocritical. You go to yoga to feel secure in a sacred space so that you have the opportunity to grow in an environment that accepts you for all you are. Or am I wrong? With all the troops starting to come home from two wars it's inevitable that someone walking into a yoga studio is going to be packing a gun especially with all the press about how yoga helps PSTD, and yes it does by the way! But still I am not comfortable with the idea of any sort of weapon used for violence coming into a space that fills me with peace and love. 

In a modern world where violence is all around us, is there a space for no guns in a place that keeps us sane (me anyway) where harmony and kindness rule sublime? Or is that now just a distant past long gone? If we cannot hold one space without a gun what does that say about our future?

How do you feel about someone coming into your yoga studio with any sort of gun? Great discussion with the Bhagavad Gita. 

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