An interesting way to start my mornings is by visiting the Civilian Gun Self-Defense Blog, where I catch up on the usually one to three instances reported from around the country the day before in which armed citizens defend themselves from criminals and the crimes they were attempting to commit. There's occasionally a reference to where the GG didn't win, but those are odds I'll take anyday. Of course not every gun owner reported on is someone I would consider "responsible" either, but I haven't read a single instance of an armed citizen that stopped a crime mention they wish they didn't have a gun!seamusTX wrote:You might want to start compiling an Armed Citizen file that shows how responsible gun owners deal with unpredicatable criminal attacks. Try to present it in a way that is not frightening to your relatives.
In a way the site is similar in content to the NRA-ILA's Armed Citizen (which isn't as easy to view on the web chronologically since the events are filed by state), but since I read those when the magazine comes anyway, this gives me something to glance at while waiting for the coffee to finish brewing.