Originally Posted By: Astro14
Originally Posted By: cashmoney
If you are going to any location at a time when you think you may need a gun (example - high crime area at 2am), then the rational thing to actually do is to not go there. For the average citizen if there is any situation that possibly warrants bringing a gun and potentially using lethal force to defend yourself, you need to not go there or get into that situation. If your instructor did not drill this concept into your heads in your CC class you got ripped off. Folks that have some decent training and CC everyday go to great pains to avoid being in any places or situations where they might actually need to use the weapon. It seems counter intuitive but having a gun means you need to be more vigilant to remove yourself from escalations of any possible argument/conflict or certainly any dangerous situation. Carrying a gun either OC or CC does not make you a cop, or an enforcer of other people's behavior, and it certainly should not make you "brave".
Only an idiot thinks that having a gun on you should make you "brave".
But your logic of, "it's risky so don't go there" presumes that you can know in advance when it's going to be risky.
If I knew when I was going to be assaulted, or robbed, or my life threatened, then I would just "avoid going there".
But like a car accident, sometimes, circumstances and events are beyond your control. So, you wear your seatbelt all the time, not just when it's "risky" to drive.
All the time.
If you're not prepared, then you're not prepared, whether we're talking about people who intend to do you harm with a car, or through crime aimed at you.
Lots of idiots out there that are gun brave - they are in fact a dime a dozen.
I thought my post could not be more clear but let me attempt to make it butt simple - When you can reasonably predict you may be in a dangerous or volatile situation you should not be carrying a weapon into it. The CC permit, training, and regular every day carry of a weapon is for when trouble unexpectedly finds you. If you knowingly bring a weapon and go into a situation that you knew could escalate into armed and potentially deadly conflict you better have some very good (and expensive) lawyers.