When I was younger, I was anti-gun. The military and police only. The older I get, the more I realize how important it is to protect yourself. If we take guns away from law-abiding citizens, only criminals will have guns. I have no desire to own a gun myself, but I understand why people do. As long as you're properly trained, and you don't keep loaded guns around children. I'm not surprised applications are skyrocketing.

The "protect yourself" thing doesn't work. People mostly end up shooting themselves and their spouses, and do this much more often than they deter lethal violence from outside their household.

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Am horrified to see that there is a surge to get more guns. More guns = more shootings. More shootings=more dead. We don't need that in this community.

In addition to gun owners often shooting their spouses or themselves, many police departments have stated that almost NEVER does a homeowner successfully deter a robbery. The more likely outcomes have been the determined thief wresting away the gun and shooting the homeowner.

I live in San Mateo County and am a CCW holder. I've been trained, background checked, and otherwise vetted. I exercise my Constitutional right to carry a firearm - and I do, 100% of the time, where it is legal to do so.

It is the illegal use of guns that is the problem - not those of us that follow the law.