Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-25330335-20150925013231/@comment-27723099-20151003100738

TheDwarvenGuy wrote: Of course, you aren't taking into account the kinds of psychopaths that would keep their hostages and/or kill them.

Also: Many shootings happen in places that it would be hard for police to respond quickly in, or at least can't respond until it's too late. Also, in a home invasion, police may never know until it's too late. There are also many crimes, like kidnappings, where people could defend themselves better with a concealed carry weapon, and you can't just let it happen to yourself.

Here's a scenario for you to ponder, you are walking in an alley and someone grabs you and pulls a knife, you have no idea of his intentions. Would you rather:

A. Fight hand-to-hand with your hands or knife (almost surely resulting in injury or death)

B. Attempt to taze or pepper spray them (may still result in injury)

C. Pull a gun and shoot or intimidate them (least chance of injury)

D. Just let what's gonna happen happen (Best case: you get robbed, worst case: you die) If someone grabs you, no gun will help you. You will probably not even have the time to pull out pepper spray or a tazer. Have you heard of the "21 feet rule"? If not, search for it on Youtube.

And psychopaths won't be stopped from attacking you only because you have a gun too. But if guns are outlawed, psychopaths would have none either.