...those same people should carry the fire extinguisher around too...never know when that fire will happen!
I guarantee you that when they start making fire extinguishers as small and light as a compact carry pistol then I will start looking for a fire extinguisher holster.
...I'll take that very minute,very very rare case...
I addressed this already.
No one is claiming that the odds of having a home invasion are high. I'd say that even in a bad neighborhood the odds are very good that you'll never be the target of a home invasion. But if gambling were ONLY about the odds then people would never play the lottery. People don't play the lottery because the odds are good that they'll win, they play because even though the odds of winning are very minute,very very rare, the payoff is HUGE!
Similarly, it doesn't make sense to carry at home based ONLY on the odds. It's a different story when one considers the stakes. What is the cost of gambling and losing?
Ok, time for the standard disclaimer for this type of threads.
No matter who you are, you divide all people into only 3 groups when it comes to preparedness.
- Oblivious sheeple who are less prepared than you are.
- Prudent, well adjusted people who prepare to exactly the same extent that you do.
- Paranoid lunatics who are more prepared than you are.
With that in mind, it's important to step back a little and take another look. Just because you don't want to prepare to the level that someone else here might think is perfectly reasonable is not sufficient justification to ridicule them. Remember, there are many people who believe that just OWNING a gun for self-defense qualifies a person as paranoid.
Similarly, it's not constructive to make fun of people who don't prepare quite as much as you do. Keep in mind that many millions of Americans will live their entire lives and never need to use a gun in self-defense.
These threads aren't intended to help us stratify ourselves, to create divisions. The important thing to take away from these threads is a widened perspective.