Does this burn your chaps like it does mine?

[Tokamak]

One of our local TV stations was giving tips on how to prevent crime.

I am thinking - carry a gun is a good idea.

To my surprise, at the following website:

Pittsburgh News Channel

"8. Don't carry a weapon. You lose, whether you use it or it's used on you."

There is no mention made of legal carry. They claim that the gun may be used on you - right. That claim always aggravates me.

Does that list seem just the tinsiest bit biased?

 

[TheBluesMan]

Look at the bottom of the page and consider the source. You'll see the term, "gun violence" a lot on that site.

Buncha feel-good nonsense for the most part. They *****foot around Situational Awareness and don't say anything about having the ability to defend yourself, with firearms or any other tool.

 

[VaughnT]

They always say that you lose even if you use the pistol/knife, but they never consider the alternative. I realize legal business isn't cheap, and you could end up in jail if you live in a non-permissive environment, but is that better than living with the memory of a rape? A hard mugging? A disfiguring knife slash or three?

What if drawing a pistol or knife, demonstrating that you're willing to resist, causes the antagonist to tuck tail and run? Nobody is hurt, nobody is in big legal trouble.

 

[auburnboattail]

Burn

It does make one angry. I had to defend my home, I know that if I did not lose in doing so.

 

[Tokamak]

I missed that source.

Look at the bottom of the page and consider the source. You'll see the term, "gun violence" a lot on that site.

Buncha feel-good nonsense for the most part. They *****foot around Situational Awareness and don't say anything about having the ability to defend yourself, with firearms or any other tool.

I missed the source of that advice, thanks.

I think that site is tilted towards children - McGruff the crime dog is not for adults. For children carrying a weapon is a very bad idea indeed - they can not legally carry until 21. However, the news agency did not skip a beat in posting that concept as if it was for adults. Sounds like an anti in the news room to me.