Reply #132: Yes

[Columbia]

"Are you?"

I am.

"Is every putz with a gun?"

Maybe not to my level, but I will not restrict their right to protect themselves with the most effective means possible because of it. It's their life and they are the ones who will have to handle each individual situation to their best judgement.

"I'm not talking about target-range training, I'm talking about specific attack scenario training. And police ordinarily go into dangerous situations with plenty of backup, not lone-hotdog-yanking-out-his-gun-and-hoping-for-the-best."

Trying to save your life is not "hotdogging" and not the time for marginalizing those who choose to have effective means available to protect themselves.