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<blockquote data-quote="dgiharris" data-source="post: 72447925" data-attributes="member: 322579"><p>One of the biggest problems with having a gun is that it changes your perception and attitude.</p><p></p><p>Lets say you are walking along the street with your girlfriend hand-in-hand and you pass a group of 3 guys. As you walk by the guys start cat calling your girl and saying provocative things. Given that it is 3 guys vs just you and your girl, odds are you are going to keep walking onwards to safety...</p><p></p><p>However, what happens in that situation if you have a gun? How many people with a gun would elect to keep walking vs those who would stop to confront the 3 guys?</p><p></p><p>This is the problem with having a gun. It completely changes the situation and instead of retreating, a gun provides incentive to seek confrontation instead of retreating. </p><p></p><p>Then there is the problem of escalation. Most situations involving a fight are not life threatening. At worse, you get some bumps and bruises and nothing more than hurt pride. However, once you bring a gun into the mix, now the situation has become life threatening...</p><p></p><p>In the movies, they make guns seem like a magic wand, just pull it out and everyone magically does whatever you say. But in real life, that doesn't happen. In real life, you pull a gun out, and you get a host of unintended consequences to include someone getting shot or killed...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dgiharris, post: 72447925, member: 322579"] One of the biggest problems with having a gun is that it changes your perception and attitude. Lets say you are walking along the street with your girlfriend hand-in-hand and you pass a group of 3 guys. As you walk by the guys start cat calling your girl and saying provocative things. Given that it is 3 guys vs just you and your girl, odds are you are going to keep walking onwards to safety... However, what happens in that situation if you have a gun? How many people with a gun would elect to keep walking vs those who would stop to confront the 3 guys? This is the problem with having a gun. It completely changes the situation and instead of retreating, a gun provides incentive to seek confrontation instead of retreating. Then there is the problem of escalation. Most situations involving a fight are not life threatening. At worse, you get some bumps and bruises and nothing more than hurt pride. However, once you bring a gun into the mix, now the situation has become life threatening... In the movies, they make guns seem like a magic wand, just pull it out and everyone magically does whatever you say. But in real life, that doesn't happen. In real life, you pull a gun out, and you get a host of unintended consequences to include someone getting shot or killed... [/QUOTE]
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