Originally Posted by
Howler
Who said anything about being "afraid" of any of them, "respect" them yes, with common sense to know that it can and does happen. If and when it does happen to me, I will be prepared, and when it does happen to you, we'll find your name in the obituarys with the headline being something like, "If he'd only been prepared to defend himself."
You will one day end up in an aromatic pine box just like I and everyone else will. I am prepared for this and know that most likely my death will come due to some sort of illness or old age. Unlike you it seems, I lose mighty little sleep worrying about getting eaten by a bear or murdered by another human, thus I feel NO need to carry a gun at all times. It is highly unlikely your gun will be a factor in when you will or won't die.