A gun is just another tool. I have one for self protection in the event that I might need to use lethal force to defend myself.
Even though I don't live in daily fear of being attacked or robbed by another person that doesn't mean that risk does not exist.
I would rather have it and not need it then it is to need it and not have it.
Raees wrote: So guns are not in the top 10 threats to your life for anyone?
Then why do you need to carry a frickin gun around to protect yourself?
If I'm carrying a frickin gun, I'm not that concerned about someone else with a gun. If I'm unarmed, that threat would show up on my list.
I also have the right to keep an evil black assault rifle at the ready in a place I feel is secure in my home to stop anyone that decides that my stuff should be forcibly redistributed. I'm not that good a shot under pressure - I want 30 chances to convince them to leave.
"Whatever you are, be a good one." ~ Abraham Lincoln
Raees wrote: So guns are not in the top 10 threats to your life for anyone?
Then why do you need to carry a frickin gun around to protect yourself?
If I'm carrying a frickin gun, I'm not that concerned about someone else with a gun. If I'm unarmed, that threat would show up on my list.
I also have the right to keep an evil black assault rifle at the ready in a place I feel is secure in my home to stop anyone that decides that my stuff should be forcibly redistributed. I'm not that good a shot under pressure - I want 30 chances to convince them to leave.
Or six shots from the 870.
I would put auto accidents at the top of the list.
Raees wrote: So guns are not in the top 10 threats to your life for anyone?
Then why do you need to carry a frickin gun around to protect yourself?
If I'm carrying a frickin gun, I'm not that concerned about someone else with a gun. If I'm unarmed, that threat would show up on my list.
I also have the right to keep an evil black assault rifle at the ready in a place I feel is secure in my home to stop anyone that decides that my stuff should be forcibly redistributed. I'm not that good a shot under pressure - I want 30 chances to convince them to leave.
And how many times in your life has someone tried to forcibly take your stuff (or that of your neighbors?) I'm not talking about burglary, I'm talking about home invasion, where they are in your house at the same time you are. Be honest.
1. Diabetes (not the highest cause of mortality in US women, heart disease is, but I'm more at risk for diabetes than heart disease)
2. Flu/Pneumonia
3. Heart Disease/Stroke
4. Cancer
5. Infection
6. Accidents (unintentional injury) - driving, falls, etc
7. Depression
8. Noncompliance with best practices in a hospital leading to secondary infection from drug-resistant bacteria, botched surgery, or mismanaged drug interactions/dosages.
9. Continued lack of effort to mitigate climate change or institute sound policies to effectively prepare for upcoming costs and consequences of extreme climate disasters leading to collapse of economies, food shortages and social upheaval, wars over resources, collapse of fisheries, decreased standard of living leading to increased geographical spread of currently regionally-isolated diseases, and a fundamental change in reverse of our current way of life.
10. Stress
Deaths: Leading Causes for 2009
National Vital Statistics Reports
Volume 61, Number 7 October 26, 2012
by Melonie Heron, Ph.D., Division of Vital Statistics
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Science Chic wrote: 1. Diabetes (not the highest cause of mortality in US women, heart disease is, but I'm more at risk for diabetes than heart disease)
2. Flu/Pneumonia
3. Heart Disease/Stroke
4. Cancer
5. Infection
6. Accidents (unintentional injury) - driving, falls, etc
7. Depression
8. Noncompliance with best practices in a hospital leading to secondary infection from drug-resistant bacteria, botched surgery, or mismanaged drug interactions/dosages.
9. Continued lack of effort to mitigate climate change or institute sound policies to effectively prepare for upcoming costs and consequences of extreme climate disasters leading to collapse of economies, food shortages and social upheaval, wars over resources, collapse of fisheries, decreased standard of living leading to increased geographical spread of currently regionally-isolated diseases, and a fundamental change in reverse of our current way of life.
10. Stress
Deaths: Leading Causes for 2009
National Vital Statistics Reports
Volume 61, Number 7 October 26, 2012
by Melonie Heron, Ph.D., Division of Vital Statistics
