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Lifer
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Here is another fact.
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1/18/2013 4:01:53 PM
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There are many more offenses stopped because the intending victim was armed than any agency can report because they never know about it. I could cite several personable anecdotes but will only use one. This was last year and my nephews wife was on her way to the hospital, Emory I think but not absolutely sure and it doesn't matter anyway, to see my Sister, her mother-in-law. She was relying on GPS for directions and realized to late to change her route and avoid going right through some very rough neighborhoods. She, not being the 'typical' victim, took her gun out of her purse and laid it on the seat. She knew she should not be driving a Porsche through those streets. Sure enough she got caught at a red light once she stopped thugs came at her from all sides. One tried to get her door open but realizing it was locked drew back some type of club to smash the glass when he saw her with the pistol ready to fire. The punk thug yelled 'she gotta gun' and they all ran back into the slums they had come from.
She was very upset to say the least, but would not have hesitated one second to shoot if they had managed to gain entry to her car. This was never reported to any LEO or agency. She just sped away and ran a couple of lights to get the hell outta there. She laughs about it now because it was kinda difficult to drive, switch gears, and hold onto the weapon at the same time, but she was not gonna put it down till she was safe at home.
Now did her being armed save her life? We will never know that answer. But did the weapon stop a violent assault? Absolutely!! As I said above, I know of a couple of other instances throughout my life where the weapon being brandished stopped or prevented a felonious assault on persons and/or property.
The whole point is, the statistics have to be taken for just what they are, statistics and not absolute reality. I guarantee any number you see anywhere about guns preventing crime is only a small percentage of the times it actually happens.
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