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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
To those that look at the statistics and odds of anything violent ever happening to them as being so miniscule so as to not bother being prepared for it to happen, so accepting that if it ever should, just lay down and die, I have to ask you....how much do you value your life?
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I value my life enough to live it without unreasonable fears. I don't wake up clutching my gun. I don't walk around with a gas mask on worried about Sars. I don't avoid things that pose me virtually no danger.
Having been shot (how many times have you been shot, dk?), I know it's not really something to live in constant fear of. So long as it doesn't hit a major artery or a major organ, you'll probably be fine.
Quite frankly, it's a lot like being hit in the face the first time. You're scared of it before it happens because you don't know what to expect. When it does happen it hurts... but you survive and suddenly it's not this big monster in your closet. It went through my calf and I drove myself to the hospital. They stitched it up, I limped for a few days and now there's barely even a scar. So does that mean that I went out and spend thousands of dollars on tons of guns to defend myself? Shit no. I'm fine. When you combine the FACT that you're likely to never be home invaded with the FACT that things like security doors and dead bolts can prevent someone from getting in your house, you finally come the to understanding that the menace is a phantom. It's not any more real than the boogeyman or WMDs in Iraq.