When a risk is so small, there’s no reason to be prepared. That’s fear acting.

If you truly believe situations needing a gun are as common as needing a first aid kid or being in a car crash, then I would quickly move somewhere else.

Besides that, being prepared is not always the solution.

When hiking, you can stuff your backpack for every little risk you might take, but your hike won’t last long, as you’ll quickly realise you won’t get far with the weight you’ve carried. You’ve even increased the risk of injury.

This is what gun carriers are to me. By unnecessarily preparing, they actually increase the risk of falling victim to what they prepared for.

You might not carry out of fear, but you’ll learn to fear soon, because you’re contributing yourself to the problem.