Reply #41: Only if you don't know how or are unwilling to use it.

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Lots of antigunners like to claim that a gun is more likely to be used against you. But if that were true, then cops would not carry guns, nor would criminals. The only way that your gun can be used against you is if you are unable to use it correctly, or if you are unwilling to use it. Lack of will to use is is actually a special case of incorrect use.

Don't get a gun unless you are willing to learn how to use it right, and have to will to use it if you have to.