Do examples, incidents, matter to you?

[Kawamax]

All very true, but irrelevant. A violent criminal attack is a violent criminal attack.

And I could also casually dismiss your argument by saying a fire is a fire. If you can’t see the relevance of the trade-offs for preparing a deadly fire vs. the trade-offs for preparing for a deadly attack, well then there isn’t really much more I can say to you.

 

[Kleanbore]

And I could also casually dismiss your argument by saying a fire is a fire.

No. Some fires may require extinguishing a lot of fuel--say, an apartment building, a warehouse, a lumberyard, etc.--and others, little.

Some defensive incidents may involve one attacker, and some, two or more, but that is unlikely to be influenced by whether the incident occurs in a "good neighborhood" or in a bad one.

 

[skfullen]

Those situational differences would influence the probability of being attacked, but not the requirements for the tool needed to respond.

Well, I live remotely enough that I sometimes go for weeks without seeing a soul. I carry what is comfortable when I'm working on the property. I also have something more formidable close at hand (on the tractor or 4-wheeler). My closest neighbors keep their only firearm in the nightstand and think I'm paranoid for carrying, on my person, 24-7.
I also keep an NAA mini-revolver in the shower, even though I have a more appropriate weapon on the bathroom counter.

I agree with your premise, but not the suggestion that we don't all make decisions based on probabilities, unless you are suggesting one keep the same primary carry with oneself in the shower. Remember the Bate's Motel!

 

[aaaaa]

I don't know if anyone mentioned it, but in the second video the officer fired off about 10 shots but about half way through she had a failure to fire and had to tap and rack. She did a great job of it too. That is a spooky thing about semi-autos but then if she had a revolver, she'd have been done and the guy would have been back up, though at that point, she probably could have run if the gun was empty or did not clear.

 

[JN01]

I have no doubt. Heck, there was an incident written up by - I believe - Mas Ayoob regarding a jewelry store owner who had guns positioned all over his shop and used just about all of them during one break-in. I'm sure the video, if available, would have been fascinating - and I'd have been tempted to use it to mock people for only carrying one high capacity gun with only three spare mags.

You're probably thinking of LA watch shop owner Lance Thomas, who in the course of 3 years, had 4 gun battles with 11 thugs, shooting 6 and killing five. Real Gunfighter Lance Thomas on Justic Files - Bing video