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Yeah, you've mentioned crash helmets a few times. If you don't like WML's good for you. But to say they are "not needed" is just your opinion. And we all have those so you do you.\
BTW, what do helmets, TBI's and your linked article have to do with WPL's? Seems like just a bunch of BS off-topic filler to me......
I'm merely pointing out the "gear focused" silliness that some people rely upon. People buy up useless gear without any critical thinking involved because of some - let's say vivid imagination - of needing it. Look at the stats.
In America, odds of dying:
Violent crime is 5 in 100,000. And dramatically lower if you avoid major inner cities and night-time. Goes down to something like 1 in 100,000.
However, look at cardio and heart disease. The #1 killer. Most people, hell including myself, could stand to work out a bit more and get in better condition. These types of silly internet arguments about nothing actually detract from all of us fighting against THE most certain likely killer. It ain't a boogy man in the dark - it's fat and overweight.
And I raise crash helmets as the other - far less sexy but far more likely survival tool. Car crashes and and falling are FAR more likely to kill you than the lack of a WML...
Top 10 causes of death in the USA. None are violent crime. None are failure to have a WML. The top 10 leading causes of death in the United States
In decades of gun ownership, carrying a gun as a civilian, reading gun articles, watching and reading self defense - NOT ONE TIME have I read or heard of or become aware of anyone ever needing to rely on a WML. Contrast that with heart disease, or car accident or falling death...
Folks spend far too much time on the next cool-guy gear, and not enough on realistic scenarios. Anyway, I'm out. Done said my piece. Maybe I'll go do some crunches and pushups.