We prepare for the possible as well as the certain.
"Because those are my personal views. Plus I am not against the 2nd amendment; in fact, during the L.A. riots, fellow Korean-Americans used their 2nd amendment rights to defend their stores when the police were of no help."
"But I don't see how a gun is going to make anyone safe from terrorism."
From the _aftermath_ effects of a terrorist attack. As you said yourself, "when the police were of no help."
Trust me, if the militarized smallpox that OBL bought from the decaying Biopreparat facility in the FSU is used in a major urban area, the riots and mob scenes we saw in L.A. will be _as nothing_. Ditto for many other scenarios which can lead to civil disorder. (BTW, the stores under the World Trade Center which were not actually crushed were hit by looters in the hours and days after the attack...imagine the same looting in other disasters.)
Those without guns will wish they had something to protect themselves, their stores, their houses, their families with.
Granted, the odds of this happening in any particular area are small, and there may be no such occurrence over the next 20 years. But so is the cost of minor preparations also small. Such is the nature of insurance, of preparedness. We prepare for the possible as well as the certain.
I have no problem with other people being unarmed, expecting the cops will be there to protect them, or expecting no problems whatsoever. Just so long as they don't try to interfere with _my_ right to arm myself.
--Tim May |
