Guitaryst67

Hi.My name is Billy Robertson, and I live in California. I recently looked into what kind of small self-defense weapons I could carry.Other than TRYING to get a firearms permit...NONE!In fact,..if I get pulled over,and I have a baseball bat,a mitt,some cleats,and a baseball,....I'll PROBABLY be ok.But JUST a baseball bat?I'll most likely be charged with having a concealed illegal club.Even if I used it to fend off an attacker, I could face illegal club possession charges.How did we get to a place in our society, where a criminal assailant is more protected by the law,than the victims? That whole Oregon "story of a drunken,mistaken intrusion " in the middle of the night?I don't have any statistics,or anything,but,..how often is a stranger in your home in the middle of the night going to be an innocent,drunken mistake, with no malicious intent planned?Oh..I'm guessing. .NEVER!If someone is being robbed,why are they to assume that they will ONLY be robbed,then left unharmed?Often,criminals won't want to leave any witnesses behind.And if someone DOES go above and beyond what is reasonable to protect their loved-ones and themselves,..then deal with THAT instance.Even though,ķinda like I mentioned already,..it could be difficult to "GUESS" how far a criminal is gonna go,until it's too late to do anything about it.Sorry if I seemed to be on kind of a RANT.Just really pisses me off that citizens minding their own business aren't viewed as important as criminals out to hurt whoever...whenever they want.