Originally Posted by
DunderXIII
I'm going to get flamed torched for this but man I'm glad to be in Canada. People just don't "pack guns just in case" ready to pop a cap in someone else in an altercation "because the other guy would have done it first anyway!". Sure the criminal population probably carry guns but at least the average Joe I argue with doesn't. The chance that he does is single to none. So do I carry a gun? No way! It's totally unthinkable here. Yes freaks occasionnaly run around killing people here too, but does having the right to carry guns stop them anywhere else anyway?
You will get people arguing that it does. On the other hand you will hear stories like this one woman who panicked during a road rage incident and shot a woman approaching her car because she thought the other woman might be packing.
Could I get shot while riding? I suppose I could. I could also get struck by lighting or killed in a crash caused by a squirrel getting caught in my spokes. My reasoning for NOT carrying a gun is:
1) I'm a weight weenie
2) The chances of getting shot are very slim
3) By the time I realized I was in imminent danger of being shot (if I ever realized it), it would be too late to grab a gun.