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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
why would that matter? or is this your way of looking at it as 'this only happens to other people, not me'.
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I think that's sort of the point, yes. More specifically that this exact scenario has only happened to one other person. Very sad for her, but the rest of us will probably be okay.
The thing that I don't see addressed is exactly how much arming oneself helps to prevent these sorts of things. I mean, everything else aside and let's not kid ourselves here - this is a gun thread and that's the purpose of the discussion. I get to wondering how much a gun would've helped in a situation like that one. Were they taken by surprise? Would it have been any use at all?
Further to that, I also sort of think that pulling a gun on someone who's after my wallet or my car or anything else material just seems like a good way to cause him to panic and do something unpredictable (and probably very, very bad for me).
I'd be more amenable to the idea of carrying a weapon for self-defence if I had any reason at all to believe that it would be beneficial.