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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Common sense isn't very common these days. Nor is situational awareness. Here's how you can possibly know a gun won't help you:
If someone is behind you - you can't see him. You can't know he has a knife, and you won't know that he's going to stab you until you have already been stabbed. At that point - you're already stabbed, and gun won't unstab you.
If someone has a gun to your face, then - if you move, he'll shoot you. His gun is already out, loaded, cocked, and aimed at your face. Yours is holstered. You reach for it - you're dead. A gun won't help you become un-shot in the face.
Now, you see someone coming TOWARD you with a knife, and it looks like he's aiming to stab you then sure. A gun will probably save you from that.
If you see someone coming toward you with a hand on his holster, but the gun isn't out yet, and isn't aimed at your face yet, then yup - you have a chance at saving yourself, assuming you're faster than he is.
Common sense, situational awareness. It's all part of "paying attention." If you're not good at that, you absolutely should not ever carry a firearm.
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You are correct. Common sense is not common. If you were stabbed in the back, did the person magically appear behind you instantaneously, or was there some development of a situation where a gun may or may not have been able to help.
If a person in front of you has a gun, and you have no gun, it can develop from a nothing situation to a gun in your face situation and you have no control. If you have a gun, and you see someone with a weapon before it is in your face, different actions can be taken and your gun could prevent his gun in your face.
I think the arrogance of a person being 100% sure about a situation that they were not at, and then saying anyone else who doesn't see this situation their way has no common sense, is exactly why certain people shouldn't be weighing in on other people's right to protect themselves.