Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Gun Culture May Contribute to Suicide Rate in Rural America [View all]Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Your neighbors will arm up and the next thing you know we have the private citizen version of an arms race. We actually have that now to some extent.
I live in the real world too -- where a little sense keeps one safe. Sold my mom's basement along with the house to pay debts when she died.
I've lived longer than you and no one has beaten the chit out of me in quite awhile. In fact, I've had several encounters with friggin guns -- in all cases, it was so-called law-abiding Aholes who tried to use them to intimidate.
Had a few other encounters, that a little sense took care of the situation quickly and without loss of life or resorting to a gun. It's too tempting to pull the gun over a wallet when you tote, especially when you have a chip on your solder and mistrust anyone with "baggy pants," as you put it.