Reply #32: yeah anybody who is so insecure that they have to

[Wetzelbill]

carry a gun with them at all times is a wimp. Wearing a seatbelt isn't even the same thing, that's common sense. Practically shitting yourself out of fear while you go to the grocery store unless you have a gun isn't common sense, it's just being a chickenshit.

If somebody got in a fight with me and tried pulling out a gun in the middle of it they'd be waking up in a hospital. Firearms are worthless in personal combat, unless, you're the person who pulls it out first before a fight even starts. I'm a former combat athlete, competed internationally, so trust me, I'd love for some guy to stop fighting and try to pull a gun out. They'd never get the chance to do it. It's probably the least effective self-defense implement, certainly one of the least practical. It's only good if you can get the chance to use it. Good luck with that ever happening.

Even the most well-trained people only hit their targets less than 50 percent of the time in a combat situation. That includes hardcore civilian shooters. Not very good odds. And for every Damon Wells you have about 100,000 more accidental shootings. Sure, let some people who are qualified carry guns, fine. I don't care. But it's no strawman that there are people out there who want everybody armed. I live in a state where you have had legislators trying to make it easy for anybody to strap on a gun, even in bars. You yourself may not think like that, but some people do. They believe in wild militia bullshit and it's some pretty ugly stuff.

Also, I never mentioned anything about my neighbors.