How do you know when you need it. My experiance with half a dozen situations over almost 4 decades of carrying a handgun, is that I didn't see what was happening until the last second, or not at all. The logic of waiting to see a threat is rediculous unless the threat is about to happen to someone else. Like in the movies, when the guy sees the perp in the store survellience mirror about to pounce on the clerk. That isn't the way it happens, there is no warning, and usually the guy is already holding his weapon, or pointing it in your general direction. At that point you still have one or two seconds, to evaluate and decide if you are going to draw and fire, or leave your fate up to a higher power. You sure as hell don't have time to add another thing to the list of decisions you are going to make, which may change your life forever. I get the feeling that many folks carry guns because they are allowed by thier state, and get a false sense of security from doing so. You better be able to make the correct decision if the time ever comes, or you may regret it or not even have time to regret it, just my opinion, forget data, when the crap hits the fan, and a guy puts a gun to your car window at night, it's dark, you can't see worth a dam, and the other guy is coming around to open your door, what do you do, think about it, that's the way it happens, you don't see it coming.
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