Reply #16: The only way that would work is if you walked around with your gun in your hand cocked and ready to

[mrcheerful]

go. You have to have time to drop everything your carrying and pull your gun while the attacker attacks because attacks are not predictable nor is everyone you don't know an attacker. Weapons are only useful if you have attentions to use them, in emergency situations where you are caught off guard they can be more hazardous to you then helpful because if the attacker gets his hands on the weapon you just made a bad situation worse. Few attackers yell they are going to attack you before hand.

And pulling a gun on anyone that approaches you can lead you to a meeting with a judge, which would happen more times then meeting up with an attacker. I have lived and played in some of my city's worst area's and have only been jumped once which was because I let my guard down by focusing on one guy while 2 others came up behind me and clubbed me in the back of the head. That is the nature of attacks they are not predictable nor is there any way to prevent one from happening any more then it is to prevent a accident with you car. All you can do is not put yourself in harms way and be aware of everything around you.