Reply #130: Do as you please..

[Hare K Beauregard]

...and I will do the same.

But I can and will respond when people of your ilk make reference to me and mine as "paranoid."

You say that 98% of American adults don't carry a concealed weapon. That means that criminal assailants have to be concerned that 1 person out of every fifty that he perceives as a potential target is capable of meeting him with deadly force. That would be a significant concern to the bad guys. Their first assessment is usually to determine how easy or difficult their target would be to take down. They do consider such things.

I plan to be capable of fighting back if I am attacked. Such attacks do occur. Your stance reminds me of the old French Proverb:

"Cet animal est tres merchant; quand on l'attaque, il se defend."

"What a wicked animal; when attacked, he defends himself."

Perhaps I am "peculiar" to use your phrase. I don't really mind as I am content to be a Two-Percenter.

I have also noticed, over the years, that when 98 percent of the people say a foolish thing, it remains a foolish thing.

Cordially

HK Beauregard
Two-Percenter