Quote Originally Posted by HKim View Post
@Pokemon Trainer Sarah

Gotta disagree with you there. Guns are great equalizers in the world.

You're right, there are plenty of crazy people in the world. And yeah, I don't trust them. But I'm a small person and if someone tries to break into my house, that stranger probably has several inches and pounds on me. I don't think I'd give myself good odds of coming out on top.

But a gun changes things. If I have a gun and the perpetrator doesn't, I have the advantage. If we both have a gun, it's 50/50, more or less. And 50 percent is still a whole lot better for me than if we were both unarmed.
If I had to live in fear of someone breaking into my house like that, so much so that I would feel I needed to own a gun to defend myself, I would not stay sane. So I don't know how you guys do it. If that's what it's really like over there, then I can see why so many people want to own guns, I guess. =/