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For me, mostly realizing I have three small kids and that leaves us very, very few options if anything happens. In a parking lot, I can't run to the car and lock myself in or run back into a store (I can run, but I'm not running faster than my children). If home invaders come in the back door, I can't immediately run out the front. I couldn't even plan to hurry to a secure hiding place and remain quiet until the threat left because how do you tell a toddler her life may depend on being absolutely silent? Even assuming I could get all three kids rounded up and hidden before encountering someone, and assuming there was a hiding place for four people. A gun won't necessarily solve all of my problems, but it opens up the possibilities a little.

A close second is just a matter of exercising my rights. It feels good. ;)