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Old 03-21-2018, 05:39 PM
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I carry because it is my right, guaranteed by the US Constitution, more specifically by the bill of rights.

Thomas Jefferson summed it up best: "A bill of rights is what the people are entitled to against every government on earth, general or particular, and what no just government should refuse, or rest on inference."

The rights enumerated in the first ten amendments are not rights given by the government. The bill of rights does not grant rights. It recognizes rights inherent in our being citizens.

I also carry because it is my responsibility to protect myself and my family because I refuse to abdicate this responsibility to a government and recognize that the government cannot be everywhere at every time. And, this comes from a person who, next month, will have been a continuously sworn law enforcement officer for 40 years.
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