Ah. The classic assumption anti-gunners always make.
What the heck do I have to be afraid of? I'm better armed than 98% of the people around me
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OK, classic question: which kind of dog is more likely to bite, a Saint Bernard of 130 pounds, or a toy poodle less than 5?
Yup. The little one. Why? Because it's scared of damned near everything. The big dog can walk up to strangers without fear, tail wagging, knowing that if the stranger turns out to be a turd they can just kick their ass
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We as intelligent human beings get to CHOOSE which one to be. We get to decide whether or not to fear the world around us, criminals in particular, or to be intelligently and reasonably armed just in case we meet a turd on two legs...or four.
Ever known people who don't stop for others who break down on the freeway or whatever, because they could be robbers, rapists or worse?
I stop all the time. I've lost count of the number of people I've bailed out of trouble. Several dozen over the years...the wildest: just as I pulled over and walked up to this dude wrenching on his truck, he got his fuel line disconnected from his carb so he could clean the fuel filter, except that the gas hit the hot engine and burst into flames. Lucky for him I was driving an old VW bug, and as those tend to "flambe" once in a while, I had a fire extinguisher and knew where it was. I got to it and put out the fire before it could do damage...we managed to get that truck running again and I tailed him until he got to town.
Why do I stop?
Because I don't have to be afraid of whoever I meet, even in remote areas.
So the remaining question is:
"Why do you choose to be a toy poodle?"