im a member of many forums... and while i might be flamed for it there's alot of miss education and "bent statistics" that play apart of this love hate relationship with the gun. everyone is opinionated, everyone is an expert, noone is right that argues about it. i ride, i carry. like it or not there are those of us out there that are not mall ninjas or urban commandos... just your average everyday run of the mill people that exercise their rights lawfully on a day to day basis to protect themselves and others against forcible felony. some are trained, some just took that basic class and that was it. some have more training then the law enforcement that is meant to protect them, but fails by having an average response time of a dominos large peperoni on a friday night. its not their fault, its hard for an underbudget department to hire enough officers to be everywhere at once. this is the situation of almost any major city.
and yes.. im sure riding with a bunch of people on a well traveled trail during the day most likely wont require heavy artillery, just some water and energy bars. most wildlife will run from you to start with and all of the "honest criminals " will obey the dawn to dusk courtesy or not trying to take your stuff at gunpoint during daylight hours. BUT, urban recreation areas at night in some cities have their own crime statistics by themselves. not everyone has time during the day to ride and there is just some situations that waving a frame pump in the air and screaming like a crazy person wont get you out of. some off the charted map adventures could lead u into god knows what... yeah, u might be able to out pedal the animal trying to eat you but it doesn't always work that way . what if u take a spill and break some major bones on a solo ride. alone and badly injured can u pedal back? will the now broken cell phone in your day pack get signal or have enough battery to make a call or will the international signal of 3 be the only thing that can possibly save your life... 3 whistle blows, or 3 camp fires, or even 3 gunshots...
im not here to argue facts and fictions... i stay open minded to both sides of the argument. and while this is the most i have contributed to a discussion on this forum i generally stay out of the politics/ religion/ and gun talks unless the forum is based on those things. all i can hope is maybe it shined a different light on the same old fight.. this is all i have to say on this subject. nice find on the holster, im sure there are a few guys back at the other forums that will thank you. you guys fight nicely now.
