...more likely to happen to you than to the average joe on the street.
It only has to happen once, James. But I find it so interesting, so odd, that you're so willing to gamble on your life and/or health, and take no precautions toward self-defense. And worse, of course, is that you want everyone esle to take the same gamble and not defend themselves and their family.
We pay for insurance on our cars ....NOT because we're planning to get into an accident, NOT because we're not careful, but because the odds are that we MIGHT be in an auto accident. Some people carry auto insurance for their entire lives, paying lots of money, and never, ever have an accident.
I just don't like the odds, James. If I don't legally carry a gun, then IF and WHEN something happens, I MIGHT be able to protect myself. If nothing ever happens, then my carrying the gun is just like carrying insurance on my car and never having an accident.
What you and other gun-control advocates are trying to do is to take away that chance at self-defense if something ever occurs. You want me to gamble with my life, and the life of my family, in the same way as you gamble with your own.
Accidents with guns? Of course there are accidents with guns, but there are also accidents with cars. It's those "incidents" that we carry auto insurance. And it's because of possible "incidents" that we carry guns. But you want to take that insurance away from me and others, forcing us to take the same gamble, the same chances, at you take. That ain't nice, is it?
Baron Max