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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
When I carry a gun, you cannot deal with me by force. You have to use reason and try to persuade me, because I have a way to negate your threat or employment of force. The gun is the only personal weapon that puts a 100-pound woman on equal footing with a 220-pound mugger, a 75-year old retiree on equal footing with a 19-year old gangbanger, and a single gay guy on equal footing with a carload of drunk guys with baseball bats. The gun removes the disparity in physical strength, size, or numbers between a potential attacker and a defender.
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This is fantasy. If this was true, no cops would ever be killed by criminals in the line of duty. If I was a mugger, and thought that you had a gun, I might just be more likely to kill you before I made my "I'm finna rob you" intentions clear.