Hand gun

[grampahol]

You know.. I guess the unasked question is when was the last time you found yourself needing to actually kill someone? Sure, there's always that part of WHAT IF? What IF I did need to kill someone, but the last time I really might have had the need was when a bunch of guys broke into my folks house to steal everything they could lay their hands on. I could have shot them IF I had a gun, but when they broke in I was sound asleep laying in bed, unarmed in my underwear. If I had been armed I probably would have been killed since I wasn't awake enough to actually do anything other than say, "Can I at least get dressed?" 
Think about possible scenarios. Suppose someone breaks in while you're in the shower. Do you keep your guns in the shower with you? I'm guessing no. There's a LOT of possible scenarios, sure, but the truth is most would be robbers are already on high alert when they break in while most residents at home are not.
Just walking down the street most of us are not particularly alert enough to be on the ready for someone who might sneak up to knock you in the head from behind and if armed the odds of suddenly regaining your faculties fast enough to take aim and hit a would be assailant are slim to none at all. Your adrenaline is going to suddenly spike rendering your thought process pretty useless...  The truth is you're probably better off just letting them have whatever they want rather than trying to duke it out on the street with someone fully ready to commit armed robbery. Chances are they've already gotten the drop on you with a very good chance this would be assailant might just take your gun from you and indeed use it on you..
What I'm saying is that people who do rob others out on the street already have their senses tuned in to getting the drop on you. They've already cased you out, selected you as their victim and are likely much more prepared than you are to do battle. 
Try thinking of yourself as a would be assailant. You would very likely be thinking of your victims weaknesses and not looking for a guy armed to the teeth so the odds that any would be assailant picking on you are slim to none. That said, being armed guarantees you absolutely nothing other than being armed. You can always think nobody would dare pick on a guy or gal with a gun, but then again you're already a potential target to have your gun(s) stolen from you.. Nobody is going to come up on you, ask if you're armed then just walk away. They're going to wait until you're at your most vulnerable.. 
I don't know.. I've been in a lot of vulnerable situations in my life with my only weapon being either a rock, a knife or my hands. I survived them all. The last thing I want to read about is one of you getting rolled, having your gun taken from you then used on you. If you have to carry a gun or any weapon at all stay fully alert at all times and definitely don't stop off to get drunk along the way.