Reality happens slowly sometimes
Isn't that the truth!
A longtime, very close friend of mine that's an ex-professional boxer used to occasionally rag me for my cc habits. He and I grew up in the ring so I'm very aware of his hand-to-hand capabilities. Needless to say, he's a very rough individual.
He used to tell me he didn't need a gun for protection out on the street and didn't see why I would get my ccl or go through the aggravation of packing a pistol every day.
I used to explain to him that I'm not Superman, neither was he and although he could handle himself very well, he also bleeds like everyone else. The fact that he could handle himself, although could be helpful in some cases, really didn't matter when guns came into play. A 90lb. female crackhead with a gun could kill him no matter how well he could handle himself.
Don't know if it was his ego or what, but I could never get that through to him. Fortunately, he and his family have never been in a situation needing a firearm.
Twenty-five years later, he has come around to getting a firearm for his house but still refuses to get his ccl. He was proud as a peacock when he showed me his new HD shotgun. I looked at him,winked and said "Yea, neither one of us are what we used to be, eh".
Just glad he got something.
At any rate, being a very good friend and knowing we had very different views on the issue, instead of ragging each other on the topic, out of respect for our friendship, we don't discuss the issue anymore.
Upsets me he feels the way he does...upsets him the way I do.
Moral of the story...quit discussing it with your friend. Agree to disagree.