Did you read the whole comment? No. You clearly did not.

Open carry only makes you a target. That's your right, but I'm not for it. The man with a rifle isn't mugged. He's ambushed from behind, killed, and then the bad guys take his daughter and none of them are ever seen again.

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Self-defense. Muggings, kidnappings, rapes, killings, and most other crimes can occur in public spaces.

I meant having to contend with multiple assailants, or resist tyranny coming from within or outside. The stupidest mistake a person can make is to decide "That can't happen to me. Not here".
As I'm sure you can tell, I take my personal defense and liberty very seriously, and fall firmly into the "better to have and not need" school of thought, particularly because I have been in situations where I "need but don't have".

Can it really be called "fantasy" if the scenario is both undesirable, and has occured before?

If alternative fuel were actually cheap and efficient, I wouldn't have any problem whatsoever. Ireland is legislating for tech that isn't readily available.

"Do you ride a horse around?" Or something like that. I haven't had to use a horse for utility purposes yet, but that's thanks to timing.

That's perfectly reasonable. What's unreasonable is the notion that you should have to qualify for any right. "The right of the people to keep and bear arms" is meant for forming militias in dire times. Especially since allowing only for registered persons to keep arms undermines the spirit of the amendment.
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EDIT I commented too soon. Oops.

I don't haul with horses. You changed your comment.

When my trucks's down, yeah.

I don't live in the burbs, or anywhere remotely urban. That's a half-hour drive from where I am.

Nobody wants to cover it up, just don't plaster their names on every wall

Carriages weren't unilaterally outlawed.

That's on them. The fewer companies that give the killers what they want, the better.

It's not about turning a blind eye. Just don't make the fuckers famous.

That would take too long.

Deny them their names, strip them of their ill-begotten legacy.

I'll haul seeds, manure, and shovels in my truck.

Schools are one of the places where it's guaranteed nobody can fight back. The shooters aren't looking for a fight, no coward ever does.

Before and after a mission