mike (drgrant) i agree.... again, i guess having a faith or not giving a damn (me) is what it is.... if it's your (my) time to go, it's time to go....
to quote chappelle... "you can't beat fate n***a"
True, but if you can tilt the odds in your favor so you stay above ground longer, wouldn't you do it?
There are tons of cases where someone's saved their own, or someone else's ass with a gun, so I think there is some value to carrying whenever it makes sense to you to do so.
To some degree or another I have to believe in the whole "fate" thing too, because where I work I can't carry a damned thing due to the laws. If someone wants to kill me they probably can do it. If some random nutjob comes through, I have a "plan" for that but it involves more luck than anything else. It is what it is.
Risk management is a different thing for everyone, I guess. I guess I'm just pragmatic. I like being armed whenever I can, but if I have to go without, I go without, because I still think the alternative (staying home because of paranoia) is f-ing stupid. One way to put it, is carrying whenever I can, is like buying a fistful of "avoid death by some criminal" lottery tickets. They are tickets for a drawing I hopefully will never, ever have to participate in. I also realize that despite having a lot of tickets, there's a significant possibility of still losing, too, and I'm willing to accept that. I also ride on airplanes knowing that the TSA is completely incompetent and might let a shoe bomber on board again. I can somehow live with that. I guess I'm a "risk taker"
-Mike
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