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Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter
What are the odds of actually being attacked and killed by a terrorist?
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I read somewhere that you were more likely to be struck by lightning or bitten by a shark than to be attacked by a terrorist.
But, in view of the fact that I live in the lightning capitol of the U.S., and having been chased out of the Atlantic Ocean by a shark, I may be excused for being more concerned than most.
We have among our active contributors on TOTV several former law enforcement officers. There is a convention within the law enforcement fraternity that divides our population up into Sheep, Wolves and Sheepdogs. The Sheep are the general, unarmed population; the Wolves are the criminals (and now the terrorists) who prey upon the Sheep; the Sheepdogs are the law enforcement officers whose natural instincts are to protect the Sheep, and because of being armed are prepared to do it. (A Sheepdog who goes out into the public unarmed is transformed into a Sheep.)
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On Sheep, Wolves and Sheepdogs
Like kcrazorbackfan I have been content in retirement to carry a small .380 caliber pistol for personal protection. With what I regard as a heightened likelihood of an incident I have moved back to one of my .357 magnum service pistols.
In answer to the occasional question about being armed: "I don't always carry a Glock. Oh, wait.......yes I do."