I think, rcl, that you're offering your opinion. That's good.

My opinion is we should carry guns to protect ourselves and our property.

Just taking the opinion that "it's only $50... and so what" isn't good in the long run as it reinforces behavior in criminals that it's allowable to rob citizens. It also reinforces in them that we, the public will let them do this.

I also believe that sometimes we must do something unpopular in order keep things in line. It follows along the lines of teaching kids proper behavior, sometimes we don't like enforcing the consequences of bad behavior... but we must inorder to let them know that they shouldn't behave that way.


That's my opinion.