“The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown”
And I might add to that eloquently put statement ...
Nothing quells the fear of the unknown like preparing for the worst one can practically imagine.
Hope for the best. Plan for the worst.
Error on the side of safety.
All decent mottos IMHO as long as you don't get into excessive over engineering. That of course is for each to decide. My good friend and father in law believes in nothing but the venerable 1911. And he is good with it; however it never leaves the gun safe unless it goes in his back yard shooting. Hmmmmm.