I am not a gun nut, used to have a concealed carry permit in AZ. I worked, on call, at a hospital in a bad area of the city. More than once followed home by a car load of guys out driving alone in the early am 1-4am. Always lost them before I actually made it home. The introduction of cell phones was a real saver, I had one hard wired into my rx7, a dollar a minute to use. One time they would not leave so I put the gun on the dash of the car, pointed to it, picked up the cell phone pointed to it and they left.
Now I would never do anything with a gun unless ready to shoot, too many carry guns and shoot first.