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I lost the OP but don't care.
If John Oliver is your standard for good content, I'll kindly pass on your advice.
Saying that "not carrying a firearm is the same as not having one" refers to a very specific use case and it's really a political statement.
Since some folks here clearly can't into pattern recognition and think everything outside of California is Weimar Germany, I will state my actual political stance: I'm a Mises/Goldwater Libertarian. Don't touch my property and let me live undisturbed, and we will all have a good time. Violating my NPA will result in me treading on you with a recreational Abrams tank.
I hope this makes things clear enough