Originally Posted by ExcitableBoy

You can sometimes cure ignorance, but stupid is a lifetime thing. Odds and statistics concerning IF you will ever be attacked are irrelevant in this matter. If you carry, there's no guarantee that you will come out on top of a sudden assault, of course, but those elusive "odds" are much better than if you don't. I much prefer not being wounded, killed or getting the mud kicked out of me, and have little sympathy for those who think they are immune to the possibility, and then it happens to them because of their own willful negligence.

Sorry, I have little tolerance for stupidity, so don't expect me to mourn at your funeral or send flowers to your hospital bed. I'll be at the reloading press filling boxes for the next session of trigger-time.