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@JB: You should tell them that they are Americans, which means they have more freedoms than most everywhere else in the world. Therefore, they shouldn't WANT there to be a privileged class. If they don't value their lives enough to invest in their own safety, they sort of forfeit the right to expect their safety to be covered by others. Which is a good thing because case law has established time and time again that police do not have to protect you.
The trick is to walk them through it. She says you'll be charged with pre-meditation, ask her to cite one case. Then when she's t-boned by logic, drop a bunch of cases on her where the defender was not question, was exonerated, or was celebrated.
Most importantly, invite her to the range. Share with her the basics of firearm safety. Tell her about criminals that attack with knives, with screwdrivers. Tell her about the times when the robee (I just said it, so yes, it's a word
) wields a firearm and diffuses a crime... when police are nowhere to be seen. You can share with her two of my stories where I had a gun pointed at my attackers and never even had to put my finger in the trigger guard. When I called the police the last time and TOLD them that I thought ahead to bring a gun
and pointed it at other humans, she was far more interested in physical descriptions of my attackers and their direction of flight.
There are tons of ways to use logic to make your point. The key is guiding the way and let THEM figure it out for themselves. Point out that criminals know how to spot where a policeman is because they're uniformed and drive in marked vehicles. Poin out that you respect her own personal choice, but that even she benefits from statewide concealment as no longer can the bad guys spot where resistance is. Not to mention that the ante is upped from a twisted system they might be able to manipulate IF they're caught to now possibly being dead on the scene.
From my perspective, she's free to choose as she pleases. My concerns are that A) her choice is based on misinformation and lack of information and B) that if too enthusiastic, her decision could infringe upon the rights of others to decide for themselves. You can help with both. I wish you luck with that. I've helped and/or been party to a helping force in spreading the word more than a few times now. It's a good feeling that we all benefit from
Well, everybody but the criminals