shouldazagged
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You don't have the proper mindset for a fight anyway.
Rule One of gunfighting is NOT "Have a gun."
It's "Stay the hell out of gunfights if at all possible."
I've carried some kind of knife (usually two, as I am now) for nearly seventy years. I could assuredly hurt someone with one, if there was time to draw and open it, but I regard my knives as tools.
I carry a revolver concealed. No magazine to drop, no tap-rack-bang, no going out of battery if I need to ram it into an assailant. As nearly 100% reliable as a handgun can be. It's a concealed-hammer J-frame, so it would be very tough for someone to grab--the leverage would rest with me. I usually, but not always, carry one or two Speed Strip reloads. I think, however, that I'd be unlikely to need, or have time for, a reload.
I don't carry a backup gun. I also don't go into areas known to be dangerous if I can avoid it; and if I do, my hand is on my gun most of the time. I carry an aluminum cane with which I could do some damage.
I respectfully decline to spend my few remaining years in a constant state of hair-trigger hyper-vigilance. If the odds prove me wrong, they do.
No, I suppose I "don't have the proper mindset for a fight." I'm not looking for one, nor do I anticipate one finding me.