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I don't think guns are supposed to be a deterrent. Someone running to mug you isn't thinking clearly about the possible complications or repercussions.
A carried gun is a commitment to kill someone before you are killed in a life or death situation. Not too feel cool or show off, or brandish as a warning.
Plus if you dress like a cowboy, someone might try to mug you FOR that gun, making you a bigger target.
That's all pretty heavy, and the odds are low that you'd encounter that situation. So not a lot of people are willing to complicate their lives for it.
In what world are you living in where someone comes up to you with a gun, in an attempt to kill you and you have time to remove your gun from wherever you're concealing it, remove the safety and aim it before the person trying to kill you can kill you?
It certainly happens.
Just last week I saw a video where a man ran up with a gun to start a robbery. A woman whipped a handgun out of her purse and shot him.
The idea that personal firearms can't be used for self defense is a silly argument.
If I know the video you're talking about, it's an off-duty cop from brazil.
A robbery isn't an attempt to kill you.
It's no different, both scenarios are threats to your life until the point the trigger is pulled (then it goes from threat to attempt).
I mean I literally said attempt in my comments so....
And basically anything can be a "threat" to your life. But I doubt even an American would agree with shooting someone because they cut you off in traffic.
I'm not sure that it's worth the time to describe different scenarios to you when you don't understand how safeties work.
Instead, I suggest looking at the Active Self Protection YouTube channel.
Earth. This happens frequently on Earth. Perhaps it may shock you to find this out, but most criminals and thieves are not trained with firearms, and are not very good at shooting. Unless they're already aiming at you and intent on murdering you, instead of just robbing you, or scaring you, they're probably going to miss the first shot or two.
In what world are you living where protecting yourself and your family is not important?
Neither are plenty of legal gun owners.
While some states require a small amount of education regarding firearms safety before purchase, I can't think of one that requires marksmanship training or a demonstration of skill as a prerequisite to owning a weapon.
Owning a gun legally doesn't mean you know how to use it competently.
At least when I got my CPL in Colorado, we had a very basic marksmanship requirement of getting 5 shots in row within a 12in circle at 7 yards. Because we had good instructors, they made us do it 5 times. IMO it's an absolute joke of a requirement and should be higher, but sadly we still shot more rounds for that class than what's required by a lot of police departments for a firearms qualification.
One where the general populace isn't armed to the teeth? So I don't have to worry about random crackheads shooting me.
I think the issue in the US is that there are so many guns per capita and the population is so anti authority that it will take generations of confiscation before you'll get a majority of personal firearms out of personal hands.
And in the meantime you've removed the right for individuals to have the opportunity to defend themselves in dangerous situations.
I wouldn't describe the US as anti-authority, but I get your point.