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That is beside the point..... The carrying of a lethal object is not the subject of discussion......
We are discussing the concept of being prepared, and if preparing for an unlikely event equates to fear. The method of preparation we use, or what we are preparing for, is irrelevant. It's the concept of being prepared that is being discussed.
If carrying a gun to prepare for the unlikely event that I will be attacked equates to fear, than by an extension of that logic, preparing for any other unlikely event must also equate to fear. If carrying a gun to the store means I'm "afraid" , then carrying a tire iron in preparation for a flat means that you are "afraid" to drive without one
I'm not sure what a concealed weapon prepares you for other than attempting to fend off an attack.
Unfortunately, that strategy may well backfire. This Idaho woman shot at Walmart was carrying a concealed weapon but wound up being shot and killed by her own gun.
You are more at risk of being shot with your own gun than by an unknown intruder. There is no such thing as a safe gun.
Probably true if you do everything you are not supposed to, just like what happened in this tragic story. Negligence is the factor here , not the implement. A gun sitting doing nothing isn't going to hurt anyone or anything.
I'm not sure what a concealed weapon prepares you for other than attempting to fend off an attack.
Unfortunately, that strategy may well backfire. This Idaho woman shot at Walmart was carrying a concealed weapon but wound up being shot and killed by her own gun.
With over 300 million guns in the US, if each of those guns killed a single person every 300 years, we'd have 2,739 people killed by a gun every single day.
That would mean, each of those guns would be responsible for a death every 9,444 years.
If the odds are that my Walther PPS would be statistically responsible for a death every 9,444 years, I wouldn't call it that dangerous.
According to your approach, doubling the number of guns would make us safer because it's unlikely that the number of gun deaths would double. This is why you are called a "gun nut."
Probably true if you do everything you are not supposed to, just like what happened in this tragic story. Negligence is the factor here , not the implement. A gun sitting doing nothing isn't going to hurt anyone or anything.
Wherever there are people and guns there will be negligence, malevolence and gun deaths.
And wherever there are people there will be deaths... imagine that. We just can't get away from it can we ? Oddly I don't see deaths from firearms very high on this list ?
This is why it is impossible to have a productive
discussion on this topic with a pro-gunner.
It is the WHOLE point.
No, it is not the point at all. Why? Because the subject of the discussion is about the philosophical concept of being prepared itself, and whether the urge to do so equates to fear, NOT what is being prepared for, or how one prepares for it.
I realize understanding this may require a deeper level of thought than some people are capable of.
Last edited by WhipperSnapper 88; 01-06-2015 at 09:23 AM..
I'm not sure what a concealed weapon prepares you for
other than attempting to fend off an attack.
That is exactly what carrying a concealed weapon prepares you for.
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Unfortunately, that strategy may well backfire. This Idaho woman shot at
Walmart was carrying a concealed weapon but wound up being shot and killed by
her own gun.
And I could post just as many if not more stories of people defending their lives with a concealed weapon, so where exactly does that leave us?
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