It’s easier to pull the trigger than play guitar. Easier to destroy than create.  — Desperado

I hope I never have to use violence to defend myself or my family.  I prepare for the eventuality, but always have a silent prayer in my heart that I will never need to do it.  Physically, pulling a trigger is one of the easiest things to do, but doing so could destroy our lives.  Even if I’m 100% in the right to do it, the psychological toll it would have on us would be great.  The risk to our home and our livelihoods from civil suits, even if I was justified, would be almost as great.

My 1911 weighs 3 pounds loaded, but the responsibility that comes with it is much more.  Every time I pick it up, I have to be fully cognisant of that.