Appreciate the attempt to be a little contrarian, but this is pretty weak. It doesn’t give any examples of WHY you’d want a gun, and has no cost-benefit about the increased risks of owning/carrying a gun.
Further, it’s incredibly specific to one part of the US. It’s much easier to get a gun in some areas, much harder in others. For many purposes, you may prefer not to have a license anyway—the risk of being caught with an unlicensed gun is perhaps unimportant compared to whatever reasons demand that you have a gun available.
I edited my post to make it Massachusetts specific—good point on gun accessibility variability. I didn’t get into the reasons for owning a gun, because that is something I am personally less sure about and also varies widely from person to person. The main point is meant to be that a license is a cheap way to buy optionality, and I think that holds, although I may try to find some more general examples of times when you might want a gun.
Appreciate the attempt to be a little contrarian, but this is pretty weak. It doesn’t give any examples of WHY you’d want a gun, and has no cost-benefit about the increased risks of owning/carrying a gun.
Further, it’s incredibly specific to one part of the US. It’s much easier to get a gun in some areas, much harder in others. For many purposes, you may prefer not to have a license anyway—the risk of being caught with an unlicensed gun is perhaps unimportant compared to whatever reasons demand that you have a gun available.
I edited my post to make it Massachusetts specific—good point on gun accessibility variability. I didn’t get into the reasons for owning a gun, because that is something I am personally less sure about and also varies widely from person to person. The main point is meant to be that a license is a cheap way to buy optionality, and I think that holds, although I may try to find some more general examples of times when you might want a gun.