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Every choice we make about self-defense firearms is a compromise. Start off with that and return to it often. Every choice we make with

self-defense with firearms is a compromise.

Handguns are terrible at stopping attacks,

but they generally public frowns on us carrying AR-15s around with us all the time.

So we carry handguns because we can conceal them.

We do this understanding that a handgun is a poor choice

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