The Lifetime Likelihood Of Needing A Gun For Self-Defense

[jmorris]

https://gundigest.com/handguns/personal ... ihood-data

[BigGuy]

I follow the rule expressed by a couple of sayings:
1) I'd rather have it and not need it than need it and not have it.
2) Ever needing a gun is a low probability, but high impact event.

[troglodyte]

I believe TAM, or maybe his son, said it well, "It's not the odds, it's the cost." (I hope I didn't butcher it too much)

[RoyGBiv]

It's not the odds, it's the stakes.

[BigGuy]

I believe TAM, or maybe his son, said it well, "It's not the odds, it's the cost." (I hope I didn't butcher it too much)

[BigGuy]

It's not the odds, it's the stakes.

[JRG]

I refuse to be unarmed, if at all possible. There are many places I no longer frequent due to their policies regarding personal weapons. Of course, at my age (72), I have many visits to doctors. Those visits are about the only times I am unarmed.

Hopefully, I never need my gun, but it is comforting on my body to have it.

Joe

[carlson1]

I have been carrying since 1978. Same every day activity. Check to make sure it is still loaded from the next day. Grab at least one reload and the pray and ask my Heavenly Father to protect me. The next prayers is help me not to need my gun today.

If I think I need a gun because my destination is awful dangerous I don’t go.