TimJ, in the post from Surveyor, you may be misinterpreting his statement. I took it to mean that he may have been somewhere or in some situation where he would have felt more confident with carrying the gun. Not that he wished he could have used it or shot someone. IOW, maybe he was at a gas station late at night and there were shady folks hanging around and perhaps looking for opportunities. The fact that nothing happened and he is "OK" doesn't dispense with the regret one feels for not being prepared if things went bad. If you find yourself in a predicament that is none of your doing, and it is an unsafe environment, but nothing bad happens, wouldn't it still a good idea to have the means to defend yourself if called upon to do so?