Well, it sure beats a rock or a knife or a call to 911.
But, if you decide to go for that gun you darn well better get trained with it and then you have to make a conscious decision that you are willing to use it. Then on top of that find out under what circumstances you can use it. Know what the law is.
You can not just shoot someone because they insulted you or your wife, kicked your dog or drove over your front lawn. You must be in fear of your life or the life of a loved one and even then you will probably get arrested and prosecuted.
Our society is so paranoid of guns that most people think those with a weapon are crazies. Funny how the gun grabbers do not want to talk about how every state in the union that has passed concealed carry laws have seen a drop in serious crimes like rape, murder, felony assaults, etc.
People need to realize that the police WILL NOT BE THERE FOR YOU and they have no legal obligation to protect you. Their legal obligation is to society as a whole, not you the individual. YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN.
The most dramatic example of this is the LA Riots. The only businesses that did not get burned to the ground were the Korean businesses. Why, because they had guns and they used them. What the idiots in the riot did not know was that a lot of those Korean business men were also former members of the South Korean Army, they were well trained, well disciplined, and are some tough little buggers. But they made a decision to protect themselves, were willing to do it and knew they could not count on the police to show up.
If you are going to get a gun also get a mindset. A mindset that says, no matter what, I and my family will survive. I will do whatever it takes to protect myself, my family and my friends. If this requires that I kill another human being then so be it. I will not lose sleep over it nor will I feel guilt about having to do it. This is a matter of survival, mine and my family's. Nothing else matters.
If you are not able or willing to adopt this mindset then get a rock because you are only going to hurt yourself or others if you get a gun. A gun is serious business and not for the faint of heart. You absolutely must be willing to take a human life and then live with the fact that you did.
You cannot look to others for your justification for using it, it must come from within and then you must live with the consequences.
Just do not ever let a gun cause other parts of your anatomy to get bigger than what they actually are.
