guns are force multipliers. nothing we build just has one sole purpose.
guns prevent crimes.
openly displayed guns deter crime. just ask any criminal seeing armed cops around.
guns keep the peace.
a gun drawn out of its holster and seen by a criminal is 93% of the time al that is needed to cause that criminal to break off their attack.
a gun is just one of many weapons free people have as “arms” to secure their freedom and remain free.
guns are equalizers and give weaker, older, less powerful, outnumbered, and ambushed people a better chance at defending themselves from multiple, bigger, armed attackers.
guns are a natural crime deterrent. crime stats before and after ccw laws prove it, everywhere they exist.
guns are not just made for kiling. they are a tool of defense. defense doesn’t always mean shooting the gun, as 93% of the time a private citizen pulls their gun it is not even fired to stop a criminal assault.
During my ccl course, the instructor told a tale of a old woman student who showed up with a inoperable .38 revolver. He fussed at her about having a broken firearm and how it doesn’t do any good. She answered that it did. Some obamabot tried to break in her house and she aimed it at him, rocked the hammer back and the guy left quickly.
She told him that the gun worked.
Way back in time, my great grandmother ran off some theives with a 1911. It was during the depression and two bums were trying to steal food from her. She shot 4 rounds at their feet then warned them that the next rounds would turn them into girls.
This sort of thing happens way more often that anyone knows.
I have pulled a handgun twice in the last 10 years which headed off very bad outcomes. Only had to show it.
Looking down the barrel of a .357 mag will get someone’s attention.