Dohagirl - It doesnt matter if he wants to kill you or not, a weapon is a detterent to anyone who has any funny ideas, he will back off once he sees that you have the power to retaliate. Carrying a weapon to protect yourself doesnt mean that you will stab the person who was trying to mug you. It gives you enough time to get some distance between you and the attacker.

And I went to both pakistan and india last year and I always carried a small smg with me, karachi and mumbai are both rife with crime. Those cities are nothing like anywhere else in the world. Ive been to newyork, detroit, miami and all of them pale in comparission to karachi/mumbai in terms of dangerous activity. A weapon there is a necessity. But to each his own, you wanna go to mumbai unarmed, be my guest.

And like you said that you dont travel to the uae/saudia by road, well good for you, but many of us do. We know the kind of dangers that can arise during travel. A weapon is a necessity during travel just like water, food and gas.