Jeb Bush 2012 posted:

And because of the particularly indefensible circumstances surrounding the choice of route. The campaign is not about "pipelines should be banned in general", although I'm sure there are people involved who feel that way.

And no amount of speculation about why the protestors really care makes "People here don't really care. They don't have love for the oil companies, but they don't have love for Native Americans either." any less vile.


Because your attempt to "prepare" for this incredibly unlikely scenario (in which, more likely than not, a gun would just increase the chance you get hurt) is much more dangerous than the scenario itself. You are much more likely to kill a) yourself b) a family member than you are to use it to actually defend yourself.