I have never needed a fire extinguisher either, but one is sitting in my kitchen just in case I ever do. If he ever has someone at his front door trying to break in with the cops twenty minutes away if it's a slow night, he'd realize how much he needs one too. I doubt if you can ever convince someone so profoundly afraid of inanimate objects of that, however.
“...doubt if you can ever convince someone so profoundly afraid of inanimate objects of that, however.”
You’ve touched on two important aspects. The gungrabbers are afraid of guns. It’s simply not something they understand. To them, a gun is something to be feared. To most gun owners it’s a tool. Respected perhaps, but not feared.
The second thing is akin. The only experience they have with guns is violence on TV or in the movies. Guns are to be feared and have no legitimate purpose.
BTW, out where I live, it would take the police 30 minutes to drive here assuming they weren’t otherwise busy. Of course, a gun grabber would say my choice of living is mine and I have to bear all the costs.