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Originally Posted by frazod
If you don't trust people, that's all the more reason to carry your own gun. I certainly don't trust people. At all. And all I trust the cops to do is zip up my bodybag after somebody has killed me because I wasn't armed and able to (at least attempt to) defend myself at the moment of truth, because I was obeying some bullshit local law that flies in the face of my Constitutional rights. As we already know, the killer won't strike if the cop is there at the time. So if that happens, the cop might find my killer, but it won't make me any less dead. Justice is for survivors and the government; the victim gets dick. And it's just another day at the office to the cop, since he has no personal stake or interest in my life or whether I continue to live it. To me, my personal safety should be my responsibility. And I resent the fact that I can't legally take steps to defend myself by carrying a gun.
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My friend who I've mentioned earlier (he's the LA SWAT head of counter-terrorism) has tried to get me to the SWAT shooting range to teach me how to shoot a gun. While I think it would be good in case of self-defense, the idea of shooting or owning a gun doesn't appeal to me at all (it actually kind of scares me).
Do you suggest that I should take him up on it?