Gyrobob
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Lots of the same old bogus remarks: -- if you have a gun around, you are more likely to get shot with it than the bad guy -- if everyone was packing, there would be unlimited murder and mayhem in the streets -- a stick or a club or a knife or spray is more effective -- etc.
Here are a few facts: -- 99% of the folks who carry will never have to use the weapon for real -- Most of the time a gun is used to defend one's self, it is not fired, and was very effective in diffusing the situation -- Communities that allow unrestricted concealed carry for law-abiders have a lower crime rate. "An armed society is a polite society." -- Communites that make it hard for law-abiders to defend themselves have a higher crime rate. -- Pepper spray is NOT more effective than a bullet. Many of those who would assault you are on drugs, ... they don't even feel it. -- The percentage of people who get shot firing their own gun in self-defense situations is less than 1% of 1%. That's a rate of less than one in ten thousand for all the times a gun was fired in self-defense. How many times has that happened so far this year? zero. -- Less than 1/2 of 1% of the time a gun was drawn for a successful self-defense was the gun fired at the attacker.
Like JOG says, just because you aren't interested in having a gunfight, doesn't mean there won't be one. If someone acts like he is about to shoot my Granddot, I will be very very concerned and glad I am carrying. True, if I am in a Denny's and some bad guys come in to rob the place, I am not going to risk my life for the cash drawer, but if I or mine are threatened, it will be a different story.
I get a kick out of hearing of the many incidents you hear about in places like Oklahoma, Wyoming, Arizona, Nebraska, etc., where a bad guy trying to hold up a bank (or a Denny's) turns around and sees seven customers with a bead on him.
If you aren't comfortable with carrying, don't. Many of the folks that weren't comfortable, though, who buy concealed guns, buy them because they had an incident of some sort, and now defending themselves is more of an issue than being comfortable.
My recommendation for everyone is to get trained well, stay proficient, and carry. An armed society is a polite society.
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