Gyrobob wrote on 07/01/12 at 15:37:41:For yet another, "over-compensating" is a meaningless term here. If you are sure you will never ever be in a threatening situation, unnecessary is the correct term. I'm not totally sure I will never ever be in a threatening situation, so I think I'll use the term "prepared."
Just for the sake of argument,.. I know it will never change a made up mind, but for someone weighing the possibilities...
May I offer, from your own stats (which I would question the validity of )...
Quote:Here are a few facts:
-- 99% of the folks who carry will never have to use the weapon for real
Seeing that only a small percent of people carry,... and in their entire life, there will be only a 1% chance of ever really using it,...
This seems equivalent to ladder tying your shoelaces because someday, in some situation the laces might catch as you fall from a cliff and save you...
Except,.. they might just as well catch somewhere when you're not falling, and cause you to fall and die...
Personally,.. I spend a good deal more time not falling, than falling...
I'll bet there is a bigger likelihood that you will have your weapon stolen, a lose it, or break it, or have an accident and have it injure you, than the 1%,... over your entire life...
If I am a robber in a bank,.. you will be the first person I shoot... because I'll see you move for your gun, an I'll take you out... Everyone else in the bank is still okay... you're dead...
Or,.. if I'm a cop at the scene of a lone-nut gunman situation,... and I see you reaching for anything,.. you are goin' down... because I'm looking for a nut with a gun... oopsy,.. you're dead again..
I see people around here occasionally, (it's Arizona) packin' either un-concealed, or I can often spot the concealed... and I watch them like a hawk... so do many others...
You make the wrong move,.. and you may find a (insert nearby hard object here) wrapped 'round yer' skull...
No offense intended...
I'd do the same for some nut walkin' around with a Machete or a baseball bat..
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