Originally Posted by Stickfight
Originally Posted by ironbender
Perhaps he is in a blue state and disallowed from firearm ownership?


Or he recognizes, correctly, that guns aren't a talisman and cannot ensure his family is safe from a 24/7/365 mob likely to number in the hundreds that is supported by both government and private institutions.

Quite a few people here seem to think they are exactly that sort of talisman.

Yes, but my point is that a firearm is ones only chance vs. an angry crowd. Weaponless it would be foolish and futile.

If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli

American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender