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In reply to the discussion: Man who opened fire on Texas church shooter hailed as 'good Samaritan' [View all]moriah
(8,312 posts)It's pretty useless under the kitchen sink.
And that's the big issue with guns. Most of the time, having one isn't going to fix your problem in a self-defense situation. Either you don't have it on you (I owned one when I was raped, but it was at home because I was raped by someone I trusted enough to not be armed around, in fact enough to get intoxicated with so having a gun would have been completely counterproductive), drawing is just going to escalate/confuse a situation (never NEVER draw a weapon unless you are committed to killing something/someone and have that specific target in sight and are ready to do it!), or you're not going to be Johnny Quick-Draw and you'd never get it out of your holster.
And I am leaving out the worst case scenario, that your own weapon is used against you.
Fortunately outside of South Park, plungers aren't used for killing anything.