Not intending to turn this into a political debate but doesn't Germany allow the ownership of guns?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_Germany

Now to the topic...

I now have over 2k miles on my bike, not a ton I know but enough I think to make my next statement. I now think of my riding this way, "I very easily could have avoided being killed in my car by now had I not ridden on a particular day." That gives me peace knowing that if something tragic were to happen while riding that I could have been dead long ago due to a tragic car accident that I avoided by riding.