On Wed, 22 Jun 2016 16:17:43 -0400, Keyser Söze
wrote:

A case of paranoia there. Pretty common among gun nuts.

Do you carry a spare tire in your car? Is that paranoia too?



How many flat tires/blow-outs have you had in your driving life?

Since the steel belted radial tire? A couple. Considering I was
driving 50,000 miles a year, it was a very rare to almost non-existent
event in the last 45 years, yet I still carried a spare, a jack and a
decent lug wrench. I guess I was paranoid about that too.
The EPA says that every extra 100 pounds you add to a car reduces
efficiency 1-2% so it is safe to say the 50 pounds or so you have with
the "doughnut" tire, jack and such costs you about 1% so it is not
unreasonable to say you wasted 25 gallons of gas a year, just on your
paranoia. (assuming the tire and jack were free)

At a certain point my $350 Ruger and a few boxes of ammo are a
bargain. ;-)