It’s fascinating seeing the idea that people carry or have weapons in their homes because they are scared of their shadows in a thread spurred on by a mass shooting at a Christian school in what is probably a reasonably affluent part of Nashville.
Is that a place that most people should be scared of their shadow? Or say a Walmart in El Paso? Or elementary school in Uvalde? Or church in wherever?
Snide, bible beating, deep sticks cousin fuckery comments aside, are those really places the average person would consider to be dangerous to the point of needing a weapon? And yet they were.
The “just get rid of the guns” idea is nice, but isn’t happening anymore than the just get rid of the drugs, alcohol or insert whatever here is. That cow is out of the barn, those comments will be made and I encourage the commenters to challenge the sunrise to stop each morning because it’s probably more likely whether you believe in ardent gun control or not.
So if a person wants to train and carry as insurance against a crazy world then so what? We don’t have an epidemic of CHL owners shooting people. Quite the contrary. And most of them, despite fantasies built up in some people’s heads about concealed carry owners wanting to play hero, are looking to avoid the fight at all costs. To the point that they’ve thought about where the exits are in a restaurant or told their kids what to do if someone is in their house at night.
I see that as no different than having a family plan for a house fire and drilling it occasionally or thinking about what to do in a car accident or whatever.
I train all the time for emergencies and life saving procedures at work for something that statistically is less likely than winning the lotto or attracting lightening to my DeLorean. Statistically speaking I shouldn’t even bother. It’s not going to happen. And yet it’s done religiously in case it does happen so that myself and others have a chance in case of the nearly improbable.
Responsible carry is no different in my opinion. If you think you’d be tempted to use the weapon in a fight or disagreement or in a fit of road rage or whatnot then you don’t have the makeup to carry the thing and shouldn’t. That’s not how a responsible carry person thinks. The decision of when to use a gun and whether to kill with it was made long before any scenario plays out. And the answer to that question doesn’t involve some social media spat playing out in real life or or living out some call of duty or rainbow 6 fantasy in a public setting.
I live in a pretty nice area. I’m not overly concerned about my house being broken into. It hasn’t happened in 20 years of living where I’m at. There are weapons in my house. Anyone breaking into it will be exsanguinated post haste should they try by myself or my wife.
Anyone who advertises whether and when they do or don’t carry is unwise in my opinion.