I'm probably out of place in posting this, but i own a S&W 645, stainless for over 20 yrs., i still have half of the original box of shells purchased with the gun, i haven't fired it in so long it might fail to fire. I live in a small farming comunity/town, the crime rate is so low, no one remembers when the last shooting was. We have 2 cops, and 2 cars, the main revenue comes from speeders 10 mph over the 45 mph posted, no redlights. The only time i ever hear a sirene is an ocasional ambulance going down the main throughfar, about 150yds. from my house. You can get a bad repitation from smoking corn silk in my town, and i almost never lock my doors (did i just say that?) in reality, the truth is i live in a state where we have 1 city which has one of highest crime rates in the US aka/New Orleans, but the reality is most of the state is a whole lot less and i hope it never changes in my life time. Do i carry a gun, no but almost all my friends do, i mean getting a concelled weapons permit here is almost as easy as buying a pack of cigs. I'm not against carrying a gun, i just hope i never have too and i never want to live where i will feel justified in carrying one. Would i shoot someone? probably if my life was threatened, but i'll never know that unless someone unlawfully entered my house or my shop. I hope i never have to be in that position.
I realize that a lot of members and friends on this forum do live in dangerous places and must do what they have to do to protect themselves and their loved ones and i'm so glad i donot have that problem.
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