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[pictor]

As a followup from an extended conversation on another post of mine, I am curious where many of my friends stand on this.
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I have no intent that this become another place for debating this, I am just curious where people stand on this.

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[thesheryl.livejournal.com]

How does a gun help you if a large man sneaks up behind you unawares and grabs you, pinning your arms? Or holds a knife to your throat? Or puts a gun to your head? Are you going to walk around all the time with your gun in your hand and the safety off? Or will you only do that when you're alone and scared?

[kira-lynn.livejournal.com]

some things help some of the time.

[kira-lynn.livejournal.com]

simply: if a man wants to rape me, he has to take of his pants at some point, or something. if someone walks up and kills me from behind, a gun won't help, and nothing will. but that really doesn't happen often. virtually never in ottawa.

the argument that there are scenarios in which i might not be able to access my gun or it might not save me are not a reason to not own one. that's like saying not to use seatbelts, because what if your car spontaneously combusts and kills you instantly?