Here’s a reality check: Owning a firearm doesn’t automatically make you safer. In fact, carrying a handgun doesn’t make you safer against someone who launches a surprise attack on the streets. Why?
Because the pistol is merely a tool — you are the weapon. And if you don’t hone your mindset and sharpen your skillset, your toolset will be a moot point.
Don’t believe us? The FBI is investigating a possible hate crime that happened in December 2017, when three men broke into the Colorado home of 17-year-old Maggie Long and burned her alive. Her family owned a Berretta handgun and an AK-style rifle, but by all accounts, she never got to them and both were stolen by the murderers.
Since then, the number of racist assaults on Asian Americans have skyrocketed. In just the first quarter of 2021, hate crimes have shot up a whopping 189 percent compared to the same period last year, according to the Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism.
Whether old or young, male or female, folks are getting shoved to the ground, sucker-punched in the teeth, sliced up like Swiss cheese, and clubbed over the head with hammers.
But random attacks aren’t just happening to Asian Americans. After the Israeli-Gaza conflict erupted this past spring, Jewish Americans have suffered a massive increase in hate crimes as well. For example, Joe Borgen was jumped in Midtown Manhattan in May by more than a dozen thugs who punched,
