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caraher

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14. I think those are two very different questions

Reply to Whovian (Original post)

Sun Dec 23, 2012, 06:52 PM

Dec 2012

I'd probably take the gun.

But that's because I'm not going to don body armor on a daily basis. If an "unknown assailant" were coming after me I'd feel safer with the body armor than with the gun, but it's unlikely I'd know when this would happen. So really, I'm not making the call based on what would keep me safer. I'd rather have the gun because it could be used, if I so desired, for hunting or target shooting.

That said, I'm really not interested in either. If someone gave me a gun I might not keep it.

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