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Well Martian, pistols aren't exactly ubiqutous in Canada. Most weapons-related assaults and deaths involve stabbing or slashing implements. The United States (especially certain states) is a much different atmosphere from Canada. Florida for example, with their new "shoot first, don't ask questions at all" law is somewhere I'd want to be carrying, along with probably 3/4 of the rest of the states.
Besides the number of weapons found throughout, what if someone hugely violent and fit, maybe an ex-Marine, decides to pick a fight with you? Your life could be in danger purely from his unarmed combat ablities. You pull a firearm out while you're far enough away, and hopefully the wannabe assailant will back down.
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