Why Carry A Gun?

Why 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 ass whoopin.'

I don't carry a gun to kill people.
I carry a gun to keep from being killed.

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 ass whoopin'.....author unknown (but obviously brilliant)

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A LITTLE GUN HISTORY

In 1929, the Soviet Union established gun control. From 1929 to 1953, about 20 million dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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In 1911, Turkey established gun control. From 1915 to 1917, 1.5 million Armenians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Germany established gun control in 1938 and from 1939 to 1945, a total of 13 million Jews and others who were unable to defend themselves were rounded up and exterminated.
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China established gun control in 1935. From 1948 to 1952, 20 million political dissidents, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Guatemala established gun control in 1964. From 1964 to 1981, 100,000 Mayan Indians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Uganda established gun control in 1970. From 1971 to 1979, 300,000 Christians, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Cambodia established gun control in 1956. From 1975 to 1977, one million educated people, unable to defend themselves, were rounded up and exterminated.
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Defenseless people rounded up and exterminated in the 20th Century because of gun control: 56 million.
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You won't see this data on the US evening news, or hear politicians disseminating this information.

Guns in the hands of honest citizens save lives and property and, yes, gun-control laws adversely affect only the law-abiding citizens.

Chicago has gun control and look how many of them exterminate each other.

Nice poem,but if the government wanted to round you up they could gun or no gun.they have more firepower. Best thing to stop them would be the troops wouldn't turn on their own people.

I went on a last day of the year shopping spree.....................

Lots of bullets , and a couple of very nice semi automatic weapons, and a drum feed for my ATF..... I suspect next year at this time, I will have a harder time doing that.

I suspect next year at this time, I will have a harder time doing that. Originally Posted by lookn4boobies

Only from market pressures and ...

..... greater demand for those remaining.

snick

Chicago has gun control and look how many of them exterminate each other. Originally Posted by The2Dogs

Irrelevant, you fucking lying piece of shit, those statistics you love quoting mean nothing, guns come in from out of state.

[note i refer to you in this way as a poster, not as a moderator, but it does make me wonder how good you are at moderating when you clearly have not a single brain cell].

...you clearly have not a single brain cell]. Originally Posted by essence

.. that you can see.

I went on a last day of the year shopping spree.....................

Lots of bullets , and a couple of very nice semi automatic weapons, and a drum feed for my ATF..... I suspect next year at this time, I will have a harder time doing that. Originally Posted by lookn4boobies

Next year, at about this time, you'll probably need an arsenal to defend your house from mobs of welfare parasites who've gone feral because of the economic collapse.

Conservative Zombies wanting fresh blood..

“Occasionally the tree of Liberty must be watered with the blood of Patriots and Tyrants.”
― Thomas Jefferson

Why carry a gun? a policeman is too heavy

I carry a gun because I passed the training and have a clean record. It is my right to protect myself and others if necessary. To date I have stopped one carjacking, two assaults (6 to 1, and two professional thugs against a shopper owner), and a domestic disturbance (man beating a woman on the street). No shots were ever fired but the presence of a loaded gun calmed some angry or predatory people.

To date I have stopped one carjacking, two assaults (6 to 1, and two professional thugs against a shopper owner), and a domestic disturbance (man beating a woman on the street). No shots were ever fired but the presence of a loaded gun calmed some angry or predatory people. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

Sounds like an "average" working day for a patrol officer in a "busy" community. And got home with a clean, untorn uniform.

I carry a gun because I passed the training and have a clean record. It is my right to protect myself and others if necessary. To date I have stopped one carjacking, two assaults (6 to 1, and two professional thugs against a shopper owner), and a domestic disturbance (man beating a woman on the street). No shots were ever fired but the presence of a loaded gun calmed some angry or predatory people. Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn

Do you wear a costume? Like the shadow or Captain America.

Do you wear a costume? Like the shadow or Captain America. Originally Posted by i'va biggen

You read what he types. He's in costume all of the time. Things get like that in Mommy's basement.