BehindBlueI's
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- Oct 3, 2012
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Going on stats, odds, probability and "being realistic," why waist the effort to carry at all. With a bit of situational awareness the chances of needing a firearm are darn near nil, correct?
Especially if you aren't slinging dope or hanging out with gang bangers, then yes, your odds are pretty darned low of being the victim of violent crime.
Whatever pistol you carry I can come up with a scenario where its insufficient. What if you were in the bank during the famous LA Bank Robbery and they started shooting customers in the bank? No pistol in the world is going to matter against two heavily armored bad guys armed with long guns, right? Realistically if you are to have a chance you would need not only your own armor and long gun, but probably a buddy with the same.
My point is simply you can't prepare for any imaginable situation, or every situation that's ever occurred anywhere in the world. Different people are going to decide to dedicate different amounts of time, money, and comfort level based on their own calculus of risk vs reward, and for the vast majority of us a 5 shot revolver will do everything we'll ever be called on to do with a pistol.