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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
I don't deny that, but I'm pretty sure there are also a ton of people who have guns that are not well trained and I don't want to get hit by some stray bullet over $20. Seriously just let the robber take my money, no vigilante necessary.
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See, thats the mindset that is false. People simply aren't going to get shot over $20, thats not how the rules of CCW work.... Granted there are gang shootings over likely similar amounts, but we can't expect criminals to be of the law abiding mindset, so we have to exclude that aspect when we compile statistics (see earlier post regarding the 19 shootings in Chicago). Does it happen? Sure every once in a while, but that same once in a while someone dies in a bar fight over a drink or a girl, or someone is hospitalized over a road rage incident, firearms or not. Believe it or not but the average firearms owner is law abiding and responsible, and like all groups of people there are a few that set a very poor example that makes us have to show we aren't all like that. Remember that the majority of people that would carry, already possess, so they are no more likely to begin to contribute to negative statistics than they already do
