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Originally Posted by Littlebear
My post still stands.
About the time I moved to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, I bought a heavy bag & gloves. When we moved to Brklyn, we got a capable dog.
Seeing us walking the street was more of a deterrent than some scared person packing a hidden gun, and safer to others, also.
Murf
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Did you start polling criminals you passed by to see how many of them, statistically, were deterred more by your big dog, as opposed to a gun?
If not then you're just using anecdotal evidence to make a point.
Everyone's experiences differ. Just because you've been privileged enough to never be in a situation where a gun is needed, doesn't make it applicable to everyone.
For example, most restrictive gun laws globally are in Europe. That didn't stop the mass shootings that took place. Moreover, your big dog and your martial arts skills would have been of no help in those situations.
At the end of the day, if you happened to be unlucky enough to end up being victimized or witness a loved one being victimized, you may be rethinking whether or not it would have been better to have had a gun.