>>That does not answer my question. My question was “Why do people, who will not use them to protect themselves and family, carry guns in the first place?”
Your question said “sue” not “use” and I did answer the question as it was typed. Since this is a thread about a courtroom incident, it follows that a question about lawsuits had some relevance.
In answer to the question that you meant to ask before the typo changed everything is this: do you know people who carry a gun and say that they would not use it?
I’ll say that every defensive use of a firearm is not a simple one variable equation. Obviously, the number of relevant variables goes down considerably when you are protecting yourself or family, but I’m not going to try and take a sniper shot with my concealable handgun from across a crowded restaurant because someone is holding a gun on the cashier.
It’s like the claim that “if I draw this gun, someone’s gonna die”. Most defensive uses of firearms do not involve a shot being fired.
There’s a lot of variables to consider and a smart concealed carrier considers them all before using a weapon. But I don’t anyone who goes to the trouble to carry a concealed handgun while stating that they would never use it.
I traveled for a living for over 30 years.
2 times in my life I had to produce a weapon. Neither time did I have to use it. Both times producing it ended a serious direct threat to my life. But it is true, one should never produce a weapon unless you are prepared to use it.
I don’t carry on my person. No longer travel for a living. Have never had a concealed weapons permit. And hope the state of Texas finally approves Constitutional Carry.
(In Texas it is legal to carry a handgun in the glove box without having a concealed weapons permit)