jrclen
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Because I might need it.
Why do you carry?
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Alk8944
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Thank you bigggbruce! The context of the remark is 180 degrees off of how it appears in OPs post and makes perfect sense that way.
As posted by the OP it appears someone is questioning the "carrier" and is marking a snotty remark. When taken in context of the article it is the carrier's response to the questioner and turns everything around.
BTW. Iggy, liked your response very much!
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Because I leave the house.
In the past month or so we've had a WalMart shot up, car thieves aprehended by police in that same WalMart parking lot, (bad guy ran, crashed, pulled a gun and was DRT,) and an Adams County Deputy was shot and killed near by last week. The suspect in the Deputy's murder was running and knocking on doors of homes trying to hide.
Bill
In the past month or so we've had a WalMart shot up, car thieves aprehended by police in that same WalMart parking lot, (bad guy ran, crashed, pulled a gun and was DRT,) and an Adams County Deputy was shot and killed near by last week. The suspect in the Deputy's murder was running and knocking on doors of homes trying to hide.
Bill
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joeintexas
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Some really good reasonable responses. However, I'm afraid if someone actually asks you that you're probably wasting your breath trying to explain it to them. Some folks just plain want others to cover their fannies, probably the same one's that take zero responsibility for their actions.
TomkinsSP
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Just get a Restraining Order. Those ALWAYS work...
CharlieSW
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Simple answer -- I had a wake-up call when somebody in a passing car took a shot at my Geo Tracker with a .22 or pellet gun. It hit the door post 3 inches behind my head. There had been reports of this on the highway, and it just "hit too close to home". I was going 60-65 and even if it had just hit the glass, it could have been calamitous.
"Why do I carry?" is an invasive question. I wouldn't ask a dude why he married a fat, ugly woman. Some questions ought to remain unasked.
I'd probably blow off the question. If one remained persistent, I'd probably reply, "You tend to your business & I'll tend to mine."
I'd probably blow off the question. If one remained persistent, I'd probably reply, "You tend to your business & I'll tend to mine."
Growing up as a descendant of one of the most hated races in this country has taught me to constantly watch my back.
I've learned that an attack can happen at any time and I've learned to meet violence with violence and I've sent more than a few people to the emergency room.
Why do I carry?
Now it's not just me but my wife as well. A white Italian married to an Injun? Just an excuse for more hatred.
Since my degenerative peripheral motor nerve condition started, I can't run, can barely make a fist and can't move like I used to. I can't slam people face first into a brick wall or bounce their head offa fire plug.
But I can still shoot a snubby.....
I've learned that an attack can happen at any time and I've learned to meet violence with violence and I've sent more than a few people to the emergency room.
Why do I carry?
Now it's not just me but my wife as well. A white Italian married to an Injun? Just an excuse for more hatred.
Since my degenerative peripheral motor nerve condition started, I can't run, can barely make a fist and can't move like I used to. I can't slam people face first into a brick wall or bounce their head offa fire plug.
But I can still shoot a snubby.....
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cybermgk
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A true wise man.Comprimise?
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exactly. Thats all you need to say
Chubbo
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Experience
After taking part in, and observing our society's proceedings, for over eighty six years, I was thankful, several times, that I was "carrying". I never took a trip of any kind, length, or to any place, without a firearm. I would now, feel stupid, not to carry, and that I had learned vary little, from my experience. "Experience is a good teacher", "For Some, For others, Not So Much".
Chubbo
After taking part in, and observing our society's proceedings, for over eighty six years, I was thankful, several times, that I was "carrying". I never took a trip of any kind, length, or to any place, without a firearm. I would now, feel stupid, not to carry, and that I had learned vary little, from my experience. "Experience is a good teacher", "For Some, For others, Not So Much".
Chubbo
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Tanners Owner
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Because it's a tool to protect myself or family, just like having the fire extinguisher in the kitchen.
I hope never to use either, but it must be on hand and available to be of any use.
I hope never to use either, but it must be on hand and available to be of any use.
Protected One
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I have said this on the forum before but it bears repeating.
My wife once asked me why I was packing up a gun to take on our vacation to Arizona.
My response? "We're going to ARIZONA, honey...not heaven!"
My wife once asked me why I was packing up a gun to take on our vacation to Arizona.
My response? "We're going to ARIZONA, honey...not heaven!"
Chubbo
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Who not what?
I hope that others, like you, probably without a family, come to realize, that if we are compassionate with some of the underprivileged people, turned criminal, while robing us of material things, and going unpunished, may turn to rape, or kidnapping our family members. Now that is another "Ball of Wax" entirely! Much better not to let it get started, by pitying the underprivileged, or to feel guilty for their status. Help them, but don't excuse their crimes. My two cents.
Chubbo
I hope that others, like you, probably without a family, come to realize, that if we are compassionate with some of the underprivileged people, turned criminal, while robing us of material things, and going unpunished, may turn to rape, or kidnapping our family members. Now that is another "Ball of Wax" entirely! Much better not to let it get started, by pitying the underprivileged, or to feel guilty for their status. Help them, but don't excuse their crimes. My two cents.
Chubbo
Which can get awkward very quicklyIt's much easier than carrying a cop around with me.
not to mention heavy.
Grayfox
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Because the Boogie Man is real and he can be anywhere, anytime or anyplace.
shouldazagged
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Now I carry because I'm eighty years old, on a four-wheel walker and oxygen, and would be entirely helpless to defend myself or run if attacked.
But I've carried since packing concealed became legal in Kentucky because I feel safer as things go to hell around me.
But I've carried since packing concealed became legal in Kentucky because I feel safer as things go to hell around me.
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