Wow, what to say?

I am very suprised to find that people think that
I am a victim or act like one. I am not a victim,
and have never been one. I have never had to defend
myself with more than words, (except maybe the time I
raised my fists to a bully in elementry school).
And I've done more than my share of walking alone
through bad neighborhoods in the middle of the night.

I don't value the life of a criminal more than mine,
as several people have suggested.
However, I do doubt my ability to use a gun to completely
disable a criminal, especially one that is high or has friends.
And I don't like guns enough to invest the time and money
it would take to remove that doubt. (Other postings on
this thread have made this glaringly clear to me.)
So, my choice is to render the gun unusable by the enemy
and move on.

What is wrong with prefering to avoid or run away from
a bad situation? What's wrong with knowing that I would
be easily overpowered, because I've made a conscious decision
that, given the odds, I'd rather spend my money and time
on things other than gun training and martial arts?
(If you think I've got the odds wrong or the money & time involved wrong, please tell me why.)

-Kuovonne

p.s.
My purpose in posting on these boards is to let
y'all know the thoughts of someone who is slowly being
converted to preparedness, even though I think some
of what y'all talk about is overkill.
Thanks to this group, I now carry (and know how to use)
many preparedness type items that I did not before.

Of course, if I'm publicly told that I'm stupid enough times,
I'll go back to lurking.