[Joeaksa]

David,

Have you ever been shot at? It sorta changes your life and you realize all of a sudden that life is not forever and can be changed in a moments notice from the gang banger standing next to you. I do not plan on being unarmed when and if it happens the next time! The last time was almost 11 years ago but it still comes back from time to time to make me realize that you are either a victim or armed.

You have your right to walk around and be the next victim. I have the right to hopefully save your (and my) bacon if I am in the area with a weapon. Cars kill more people in this country every year than weapons of any sort... period!

Want to soapbox, then we lose 30,000 people a year due to doctors making stupid mistakes (ex wife did heart transplants, been there and done that) and even that is more than gun shot victims. We lose more people every year due to tobacco than died in the Vietnam war... and so on. The gun is not responsible here, its someone's stupidity.

I was offered several jobs last year when I was laid off due to the WTC disaster. Several of the job offers were in the Socialist Republic of California. Would not entertain any of the offers at any salary range as I do not trust my life to the law enforcement there and they want you to rely on them for everything.

Statistics are just out for England and Australia. Both have had a raise in crime in the last few years. Why? The govt took the public's weapons away, pledging that "we will keep you safe" ... Now they are seeing in realtime just how safe they are considering that the criminals still have guns and are using them. I do not choose to join the group of victims anytime soon...

Joe

I'm curious here about folks who carry guns for security vs. sport/target shooting. What happened in life that made you feel so vunerable?