Reply #134: A gun is not a magic talisman.

[GreenStormCloud]

It is a tool, and one must know how to use it. If one is liscened to carry then they should get training. Further you have to keep situational awareness. If you wait until the thugs knife is at your throat then it is too late. You have no guarantee that the thug won't kill you to increase his street cred, or to eliminate a witness, or simply for the thrill of it. They don't think very far in advance, but tend to life in the now.

If some one is a threat to me they will be shot because they are a threat, NOT for the reason that they decided to become a threat. I won't be fighting over what is in my wallet, but I will be fighting because my life has been threatened.