[expat]

Thanks Joe.

I'm not getting into a debate about gun controls but suffice to say

NRA.....

and statistics don't really indicate whether guns are being used.

As an Aussie (40years old) I've never confronted a gun situation and neither have any of my friends or family. Maybe me and my mates have been too busy surfing to get involved

My Taekwondo training taught me first and formost to be aware of situations and avoid getting yourself involved and to walk away as much as possible.

I'd be curious to know who here carries a firearm has actually used in successfully in a self protection situation where you could not predict that you were going to need a weapon. I don't mean in a situation where you could have been accused of being partly an aggressor in the situation you found yourself.

I've been in a few fights in the surf where I should have kept my mouth shut, so I would be an aggressor in these situations (for which I regret with a little wisdom in later years). If a situation generated from this involving a gun then I feel would have been partly responsible.

Interested to hear your thoughts/experience.

Cheers
Mark