Warp said:
Even though handgun is the clear winner, it was still <50%.
This continues to surprise me. I seem to have been over estimating the % of gun forum regulars who carry.
The fact is, for me and apparently others, carry isn’t the end all be all of gun ownership. Yes, it’s important. Yes, bad things can happen, but I think gun forums blow its importance out of proportion.
I, like most people, live most every day of my life unarmed. I can’t carry at work and don’t want to leave a gun in my car all day just for the commute home. It’s not worth the risk of theft. That pretty much leaves weekends.
There a million things more likely to cause me harm on any given day that a gun won’t prevent or solve. All of my near death experiences involved machines yet I continue to operate and work around them.
I have a carry license. I glad to have to right to do so, but the fact is, if I somehow lost that ability I’d be upset – and then go right on living my life.
I chose shotgun by the way. I enjoy my shotgun; hunting, clays – those are my main hobbies. That enjoyment/downtime is important to me. It helps keep me sane. Heck, that stress relief is probably more likely to save my life than a carried handgun.
I suppose I could find similar enjoyment in handguns and have the best of both worlds but given this hypothetical, why give up something I love just because of some very low probability events I can only solve when not at work?
Just my thoughts and ramblings on the matter.
If I truly thought it through I'd choose rifle because that would better prepare me for the intended purpose of the 2nd Amendment.