re: #5 Political Atheist
The threat people in my field face (not merely feel)
Meant no offense there, but I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the difference between how people feel about their situation versus actual reality (more in regards to bike safety than gun safety, but the two are starting to merge in my mind.)
One example is Lance Thompson, the LA area retail jeweler and Rolex dealer. He was in four gunfights in his store over a fairly short time, maybe a two years. He never fired first, was wounded twice and 5 armed gang members that tried to kill him are dead at his hand in his store. Poor guy was run out of business by the ongoing attacks. The gang kept coming back for revenge. To revenge their murderous brethren.
Guns may have kept him from being killed, but others died, and he couldn’t save his business with guns. Is this where my other suggestions might come into play?