In the opening monologue of the most recent episode of Noir, Colion talks about the higher responsibility we volunteer to take on when when decide to carry a firearm for self-defense.

When you carry a gun, you’re no longer normal. You’re not only a potential savior, but you’re also a potential liability. There’s no room for complacency or recklessness. As long as you have something to lose, that gun owns you. It dictates what you do, how you do it, when you do it, and where.

Guns are cool. They’re sexy, they’re fun, entertaining, empowering, and fascinating.

But all of that takes to back seat to carrying and owning a gun responsibly. If you don’t get that or understand it, then your a** shouldn’t carry, much less own a gun.
http://bearingarms.com/noir-responsibility/