Reply #36: In short

[chunkstyle5]

You believe in wishful thinking.

I believe in self reliance.

Statistics are how things are likely to turn out, anecdotes are how they actually turn out.

I have a permit, and I do carry. I can have myself armed in less than a second, to fend off a deadly attack against myself or my family members. Cops take considerably longer to arrive.

Take, for example, the VT murders. Cho killed, what, 32 people? Supposing you were to have been target #27 and I #14. Were I to have stopped him to save my own life, I would have also stopped him from ending yours. That's what a permit holder can do for you. No magic involved.

This is exactly how it played out in Colorado. Instead of the murderer killing scores, as he was obviously ready to do, Jeannie Assam stopped him, and he only got 2, not counting himself. Just one permit holder made the difference. You see?