feralmerril;137233892 I think many go overboard with packing while mowing their back yard etc but thats their business and not mine although I probley think to myself they are either newbys or paranoid as hell.[/QUOTE said:
Is it just my advanced age? Probably.
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For many years now, I have practiced what I call "karmic prophylaxis", the notion that if you bring the means to deal with a misadventure, that bad thing will not happen. For example, airhead BMWs that had accumulated a lot of miles would sometimes experience failures of the charging system. It was not a bad idea to carry a spare alternator rotor, a rectifier board, and a voltage regulator.
So I carried those spares, and had no trouble with my charging system. I started paring back on the spares I carried, eventually settling on just the rotor, which alone seemed to confer enough good karma to let the bike continue to run trouble-free for almost 200,000 miles, when a gearbox failure finally forced me to send it home from the Black Hills on a trailer.
Of course, the great thing about karmic prophylaxis is that, if you carry what to might need, if your karma ever fails you and you break down, you can just fix it. Unless, of course, you have fallen prey to magical thinking. In that case, if your rectifier goes out, it does you no good to be carrying just a rotor.
I don't harbor any illusions that tire changing tools carry any talismanic weight; I have fixed too many flats by the side of the road. But the stem snake I carry is almost purely for karmic prophylaxis. It helps get the tube stem through the little hole in the rim, and I have never needed it.
On the infrequent occasions when I carry, it is mostly for karmic prophylaxis. I don't expect trouble. One gun should be enough. But it had better be one that works. And it will be a gun, not just a silver bullet.
So I carried those spares, and had no trouble with my charging system. I started paring back on the spares I carried, eventually settling on just the rotor, which alone seemed to confer enough good karma to let the bike continue to run trouble-free for almost 200,000 miles, when a gearbox failure finally forced me to send it home from the Black Hills on a trailer.
Of course, the great thing about karmic prophylaxis is that, if you carry what to might need, if your karma ever fails you and you break down, you can just fix it. Unless, of course, you have fallen prey to magical thinking. In that case, if your rectifier goes out, it does you no good to be carrying just a rotor.
I don't harbor any illusions that tire changing tools carry any talismanic weight; I have fixed too many flats by the side of the road. But the stem snake I carry is almost purely for karmic prophylaxis. It helps get the tube stem through the little hole in the rim, and I have never needed it.
On the infrequent occasions when I carry, it is mostly for karmic prophylaxis. I don't expect trouble. One gun should be enough. But it had better be one that works. And it will be a gun, not just a silver bullet.
williamlayton
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You go to shows so you must understand the large presence of Mall Ninja's.
That does not bother me so much as folks who disdain guns as useless unless you are into mass murder.
Having grown up with folks keeping theirownselves armed it sure does not make me suspect that all armed persons are mall ninja's or mass murderers.
I am wondering more about the OP's real question or really a statement that he is making. Seems to me that he is wanting to bite on the statement.
I would really like a strong clarification about the statement and what and where he is going with the thought.
Blessings
That does not bother me so much as folks who disdain guns as useless unless you are into mass murder.
Having grown up with folks keeping theirownselves armed it sure does not make me suspect that all armed persons are mall ninja's or mass murderers.
I am wondering more about the OP's real question or really a statement that he is making. Seems to me that he is wanting to bite on the statement.
I would really like a strong clarification about the statement and what and where he is going with the thought.
Blessings
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shouldazagged
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"Karmic prophylaxis"--I like the term. Especially now that I realize it doesn't have to do with dental care or birth control.
I'll have to give the concept some thought. If you're right, it may explain why I've never had to draw my gun (at least not all the way) in the sixteen years since it became legal to carry concealed in Kentucky. With luck it should mean I never will.
I'll have to give the concept some thought. If you're right, it may explain why I've never had to draw my gun (at least not all the way) in the sixteen years since it became legal to carry concealed in Kentucky. With luck it should mean I never will.
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shouldazagged
Absent Comrade
Happy to oblige. As you observed, it was a statement. The only question was in the subject line, and it was a feeble joke.
The statement, simply put, is that I do go armed (concealed) when I step out my door; but I don't carry multiple guns, and I choose not to live constantly on high, hair-trigger, Level Orange alert. Watchful, but not paranoid. At my age (75) life's demanding enough without additional burdens.
I wasn't trying to provoke "bites", just discussion. It has been happening, and it's been great.
For me, it is situational. I have guns around the house so don't feel any need to pack while indoors. When going someplace in the city I feel is unsafe (which doesn't happen very often), I carry a Model 638. When making a trip of more than one day I cary either my Colt Series 70 or a Model 625 45 Colt Mountain Gun for security in the motel.
However a friend and I are planning a trip to the ruins of Fort Quitman which is about 40 miles from El Paso, 12 miles down a dirt road and a long way from anywhere else. It's right across the Rio Grande from Mexico, and right now the river doesn't have any water in it down here; the riverbed is dry. I imagine it might be convenient to run drugs across the rio and up that dirt road to Interstate 10. When I visit, I'll take my Ruger Security Six, sighted in for 100 yds and my Colt M4 carbine, and I'll keep a sharp lookout for any strangers, particularly ones carrying AK 47s.
However a friend and I are planning a trip to the ruins of Fort Quitman which is about 40 miles from El Paso, 12 miles down a dirt road and a long way from anywhere else. It's right across the Rio Grande from Mexico, and right now the river doesn't have any water in it down here; the riverbed is dry. I imagine it might be convenient to run drugs across the rio and up that dirt road to Interstate 10. When I visit, I'll take my Ruger Security Six, sighted in for 100 yds and my Colt M4 carbine, and I'll keep a sharp lookout for any strangers, particularly ones carrying AK 47s.
Roadtrash
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Karmic prophylaxis like someone else already said I like that term. Now this doesn't have anything to do with guns but a few years ago my job sent me to Switzerland for three weeks and it rained every day I was there.
Well on day two I went to the desk at the hotel and checked out an umbrella to carry with me. My friends all laughed at me carrying it and I told them that if I carry it I won't get rained on. And sure enough they laughed at me again.
Well for the next three weeks I never used the umbrella but one time but I had it with me everywhere I went. My friends got rained on just about every day if we weren't together and after a while they started making sure we were together if we left the hotel or the job, they literally followed me every where.
Maybe it works and maybe it don't but it made a believer out of me and my friends on that trip. I only carry the one gun as I mentioned earlier and after a lot of years I have never had to use it. Too d*** old to change my ways now.
Well on day two I went to the desk at the hotel and checked out an umbrella to carry with me. My friends all laughed at me carrying it and I told them that if I carry it I won't get rained on. And sure enough they laughed at me again.
Well for the next three weeks I never used the umbrella but one time but I had it with me everywhere I went. My friends got rained on just about every day if we weren't together and after a while they started making sure we were together if we left the hotel or the job, they literally followed me every where.
Maybe it works and maybe it don't but it made a believer out of me and my friends on that trip. I only carry the one gun as I mentioned earlier and after a lot of years I have never had to use it. Too d*** old to change my ways now.
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I'm situated way out on the rural route, whether I'm north or south of the Red River........
Didn't go into the office today...And no business in court neither, so....
This is the uniform of the day, whilst check on a few brood mares in the ol pick'em up truck.
Pre-war HD in .45 Long Colt and a Short Rifle chamber'd to match.
**Oh, I do have a Case three blade stockman pocket knife in my pants pocket as well.
I've bout had my fill of heavy semi-automatic pistols and ankle holsters, three piece suits and all that jazz.
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Dave:
Not only a good-looking rig, but a great combination, too! It's pretty tough to beat the ol' .45 Colt.
Your pard,
Chip
joeintexas
US Veteran
Guess I am kinda the odd ball here, I don't carry on my person just because I choose not to, I do however always have one in the pickup with me and one on each side of the bed, don't leave the house without my Buck pocket knife though, like Arjay said, it's a tool. Guess I just don't feel that threatened, maybe if I lived in a more violent area I would reconsider my options.
Well, in MA it is illegal (until someone overrules the MA Supreme Court) to leave guns lying around the house, so I just carry mine always. And I often carry only one. But that's because I probably don't need any. Can you draw your gun with your left hand? Can you draw it while seatbelted into your car? Is your gun an absolutely reliable S&W revolver, or is it some kind of bottomfeeder? If you really need a gun, you probably need two.
JMO. Not humble.
JMO. Not humble.
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