There are correct answers on either side of the equasion here. Yes, to a person who buys a gun and does little or no training with it then it probably does give a false sense of safety. That said I questioned a lady who took one of our classes whe did stop her car from being 'Jacked' by locking her door and reaching in her purse for the Ruger .22 snubby and put a round through her passenger side window when the thug tried to break it open with a large screw driver. The bullet hit him but he stopped his act of violence and ran. The police did show up fairly soon but didn't capture the fellow. He did leave a small amount of blood next to the car but must have put pressure on it. She has no idea where she hit him. Only that he yelled, "F^^k once.
However she realized that she had no real training and that if something happens in the future .22 might not be all the gun she needs. This lady is a 50ish secretary for a business and she talked one of her friends to take our Safety-Selection Seminar. She had gotten a CCW permit from one of the 2 hour classes someone or another gives in AZ. She has courage and now a bit of training. I expect her in the next MAG 20 class we host for Mas.
So I have to reflect on the casual relationship. In Arizona the number of people carrying who are getting training certainly does increase the number of gun owners who can and will act when necessary.
I have a nephew who did 12 years in Florence for doing 52 car jackings, mostly at the Tucson Mall over a 6 month period when he was 20. My brother had died and the young man got hooked up with a Illegal Immigrant girl whose father was connected with a garage in South Tucson that sells car parts.
He is out now, a past
member of the Arian Brotherhood, I hope. Anyway he tells me that a number of his old acquaintances fear two things, getting shot while Jacking, and getting shot by an alert homeowner during a break in,
Car Jacks in the parking lots of restaurants and Malls are particularly dangerous. Unfortunately it seems that the Bad Guys are doing a better job of training but that is another subject.