(February 9, 2022 at 10:23 am)FlatAssembler Wrote:(February 9, 2022 at 6:02 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote: Living in the UK where private ownership of firearms is generally illegal (with a few exceptions for farmers and strictly controled gun clubs) I have never understood why a normal person would ever need or want a gun. In 67 years of life I have never been in a situation where a gun would have helped.
Well, it goes without saying the vast majority of people would never find themselves in a situation where a gun helps. But around 1% of Americans (around 3 million) claim to have found themselves in such a situation.
There are storm chasers who spend their entire lives trying to find a tornado without success.
