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And yet another one-
Myself (12 at the time), Mom, and Dad coming home, dad miscalculates a lane change and cuts off a p/u with two guys inside. They follow us 1 mi. home. Dad pulls into driveway, guys are at the end of the driveway yelling at him, threats of course, racial too. Dad draws 1911 and says "step on the property and you're all done."
And no, he ignored them all the way till they came to the house.
surprise, surprise, they leave.
After he moved to Vegas, he was accosted for cash by some guys outside a local grocery store late at night. All he was doing was getting milk. One quick brandish and that ended that.
A gun, was never meant as a "fix - all" to any potential woes, or a guarantee of your safety, but the odds of your survival are considerably better with it than without it. Maturity, and decency to avoid a conflict a gun will never give you, but since when did responsible gun ownership make it worse? That if you're credible, you'll take on on your own. All these arguments are assuming the worst intentions of gun owners.
I've never won the lottery either, but it doesn't mean it'll never happen.
rjp
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