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02-08-2010, 12:49 AM | #1 |
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Why I Carry a Gun
PEOPLE ASK WHY I Carry a Gun? My old grandpa said to me son,' there comes a time in every man's life when he stops bustin' knuckles and starts bustin' caps and usually it's when he becomes too old to take an whoopin'. I carry a gun to keep from being killed. I don't carry a gun to kill people. I don't carry a gun to scare people. I carry a gun because sometimes this world can be a scary place. I don't carry a gun because I'm paranoid. I carry a gun because there are real threats in the world. I don't carry a gun because I'm evil. I carry a gun because I have lived long enough to see the evil in the world. I don't carry a gun because I hate the government. I carry a gun because I understand the limitations of government. I don't carry a gun because I'm angry. I carry a gun so that I don't have to spend the rest of my life hating myself for failing to be prepared. I don't carry a gun because I want to shoot someone. I carry a gun because I want to die at a ripe old age in my bed, and not on a sidewalk somewhere tomorrow afternoon. I don't carry a gun because I'm a cowboy. I carry a gun because, when I die and go to heaven, I want to be a cowboy. I don't carry a gun to make me feel like a man. I carry a gun because men know how to take care of themselves and the ones they love. I don't carry a gun because I feel inadequate. I carry a gun because unarmed and facing three armed thugs, I am inadequate. I don't carry a gun because I love it. I carry a gun because I love life and the people who make it meaningful to me. Police Protection is an oxymoron. Free citizens must protect themselves. Police do not protect you from crime, they usually just investigate the crime after it happens and then call someone in to clean up the mess. Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an as* whoopin'.
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02-08-2010, 08:09 AM | #2 |
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02-08-2010, 08:21 AM | #3 |
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+1 I'm don't heal as well as I used to.
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I don't need no stinking Police Protection!
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02-08-2010, 02:58 PM | #5 |
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BANG!!!!!!!!
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02-08-2010, 04:51 PM | #6 |
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I like it. Thanks for sharing.
Brad, you can't carry in California can you? Legally I mean. ;)
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As others have said, "The Second Amendment is your carry permit."
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02-08-2010, 06:05 PM | #8 |
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I see it a bit more bitter, in that the flop of the Govt twitts have a rolling door policy with the most vile villains. Then the system of injustice is off the mark and has no site of what it should be doing legally.
The end result is the system of injustice allows, and even seems to like more killings done to enhance their wealth. Once there was a time when I didn't think I really needed to carry a gun every day, but that all ended for the last time in Easter 99. I only began to carry in the mid 80's, but now the only time I am not armed is when I am not wearing pants. And then there is a ss gun very near by when I shower, and on the night stand when I sleep. Then last, is both dogs here bark when things in the night go bump, which ain't very common. But then locals even, have no idea this place is. I don't like feeling this way, but then I don't think I would like the feeling of dead much either.
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02-08-2010, 09:03 PM | #9 |
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Still new to the CCW game although I have had a permit for a very long time. (that's another story) I'm still trying to figure out how to hide handgun and have it readily available if needed. My brother in law gave me a pea shooter two years ago and I pack it around but it is only good for slowing someone down. Since 80% of people shot with a handgun survives maybe that is good enough. We need to protect our 2nd amendment rights.
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02-08-2010, 11:20 PM | #11 |
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Idaho, what caliber is your pea shooter?
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02-09-2010, 12:48 AM | #12 |
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Remember when seconds count, the police are only minutes away.
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02-09-2010, 09:44 AM | #14 |
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You're right Bud, a .22 LR penetrates deeper. I've witnessed a friend shooting standing beer bottles with his .25 auto breaking some while just knocking down others. Kind of scary.
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Hey Bud. Unless you're overly fond of the .25 I would suggest trading it in for at least a .380.
There's a lot of truth in the old saying, ". . .bring enough gun!" Personally, my main carry is a 10 MM S&W auto. I have been known to carry a .44 Mag Ruger also. If they weren't so stinking big I would love to carry the S&W .500 Magnum! Dirty Harry would have loved that one!
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