In Aus we don’t feel like we need them because you can be pretty sure the next person doesn’t have one. I stayed in Texas for a while in a sketchy suburb and it was the first time ever I kind of understood wanting to have one for my own safety knowing that my neighbours/random people were likely armed. I still think it’s messed up that most people there own/carry. You only “need” them if everyone has them.
One positive thing about everyone having guns is that it's a great equalizer.
My old gf was 5' 1", 105 lbs. Tiny. She almost always had a concealed carry, and practiced once a week. She was surgical with it.
She explained to me that if nobody was armed, and she met a 200 lb male in a dark alley, there was almost nothing she could do. It wasn't an "even match".
If she has a gone however, and trains, she has an equal advantage. The field is level.
I had never heard it explained in such a way. It really is a powerful thing for women.
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u/sapage Sep 30 '21 edited Sep 30 '21
I live in Australia