I really dont think thier thought process at the moment is they dont want you to be able to defend yourself, (although that is their ultimate goal, when protesting guns). I think it is more they are so out of touch with reality and think they have made a great choice in their immediate location and think there is no danger where they are at any given time. They have no concept that there are not just certian locations that crime will happen. If they have a cell phone, (which most everyone does now days) they feel perfectly safe thinking that all they have to do to stop crime, is call 911.
Too many people with a "Picaso Thought process".
Funny, what i most notice is the number of men with cell phones on their belts. Not even a pocket knife. My cell phone is in my pocket. You wouldn't even know I had one. And in event of being attacked, it is the last thing I would reach for. I often wonder what thought would go through their minds if they were attacked and they suddenly realized the uselessness of a cell phone.
Greeter at Lowes asked me why the gun. I replied that I didn't want to be a victim. Her eyes rolled back in her head and her brain hit TILT. I don't think she'd ever considered what she'd do if she were attacked, I'm not sure she'd ever thought that "victim" implied a choice.