Its always better to have it and not need it. than to need it and not have it. plain & simple. in this great country of the US of A. we the PEOPLE have the rite to bare arms aganist all enemys forgien and domestic period! oh and P.S. always keep a lawyer on retainer its another one of YOURE rites to remain silent. its youre lawyers job to speak for you. thats why you pay him. because every time you try to speak something stupid falls out.