thanks...i wholeheartedly believe that it is a personal decision that every person has to make for themselves, but have always believed what my dad told people when asked why he carried a gun & if he worried about the ramifications from using it:

I'd rather be judged by 13 than carried by 6

meaning, i'd rather be in court defending myself & my actions than me or someone i cared about be dead cause i couldn't defend my life or theirs....

i know some people will see that quote as some "wild west" type saying, but if you hadn't noticed....it's a mad mad world

*climbs down off soapbox*