 And basically, if you have a life-threatening emergency that involves a violent offender, you need to be able to hold the line until the professionals can get there. That's the rationale of the home defense firearm, and it's the rationale of the concealed carry gun. Now, when I started, there were seven states where you couldn't even get a permit to carry a gun unless you were a sworn police officer or certified security. Today, there are none. Every state now has some such provision.