Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Your gun doesn’t make me safer [View all]Starboard Tack
(11,181 posts)Your firearm is not designed specifically to save your life. You can tell yourself that, and the guy you bought it from can tell you that, but it don't make it so.
As a marine, I'm sure you learned what a gun is actually designed to do and it sure as hell isn't to save lives. You could argue that there is a possibility of it saving your life, by taking the life of another. That's the closest you'll get to the truth.
No firearm is defensive, but you can use it defensively. They are designed to kill, period.
OTOH, life jackets and seatbelts are not designed to kill and you'd have trouble trying to adapt one for that purpose. So, for the sake of having an intelligent, adult conversation, let's leave the seatbelts, life preservers, fire extinguishers and other obfuscation off the table.
I can understand anyone's concern regarding their personal safety, but resorting to carrying a firearm around guarantees nothing, except it puts one more gun out on the street.