Just the fact that your on this sight means you are at a minimum thinking about being prepared in the event of ....? So our preaching to the chior should be taken with a grain of salt.
None the less... Our natural, god given right to self defense, is not a mandate that all be armed. If you choose to, I do, great for you. If you choose not to, fine. The assumption that I am favoring right now is that there are a great deal more good guys, than bad guys. Therefore, if a prudent, trained, and concealed weapon carrier were more likely to be randomly available, it would cause the small minority of nut cases to think twice. Gun free zones, are like bullseyes to these types, and gun free zones, definately must be minimized. Some, very few, gun free zones are potentially necessary, but even the court house exemption is curious to me. Concealed carry reciprocity needs to be federal law. Ted Nugent rocks, and we, the 2nd ammendment advocates need all kinds.