why do you carry

[jim lock]

Simple answer------- Protection

 

[SATX]

To quote someone else on another forum, because cops carry guns to protect themselves, not you.

They can't be everywhere and can only investigate crime after the fact most of the time.

 

[Badgerboy1]

Protection yes, but I live in a very safe area...it is a one-in-a-million chance that I need it...but I carry as much to exercise the rights given me by God, and protected for me by the 2nd Amendment.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Hope this helps:

Why do you carry?

 

[NSEGE]

To have the means to protect myself or another innocent person from the immediate and unavoidable threat of death or grievous bodily injury.

And,yes, I'm a former teacher of Personal Protection for the NRA and Law Enforcement firearms instructor. The above is a quote from Massad Ayoob, and I think it describes very succinctly why one carries a firearm.

 

[Rpg]

Because I'm not skilled at martial arts and am too old, fragile and creaky to acquire hand to hand defensive skills.

 

[URIT]

The BOY SCOUT motto: Be Prepared

There's no way to be ready for everything, but being armed can get you pretty darn close. Plus, your VISA and debit cards, your keys...

 

[Old cop]

I was a street cop for 30 years and went through more than one deadly confrontation so that's the lens I see my world through. I want to celebrate a bunch more BDays, and I'm too old to fight and too cripled to run.

 

[BAM-BAM]

Well I carry a AAA single cell flashlight...... a Benchmade pocket knife......


so........................... what else might I need??????????????

 

[blues7]

Well I carry a AAA single cell flashlight...... a Benchmade pocket knife......


so........................... what else might I need??????????????

Something that goes Bam-Bam?

 

[MetalMan]

'Cause I can......

 

[Maddog 521]

Another vote for


'Cause I can......

 

[cgt4570]

Because I would rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6!

 

[Neumann]

I carry because I refuse to be a victim, or allow those near and dear to become victims.

 

[jhnttrpp]

Because I should.

 

[LoboGunLeather]

I carry homeowners insurance, but I don't want my house to burn down. I carry automobile insurance, but I don't look forward to an accident. I carry a sidearm, but I don't want to be in a gunfight.

Some things are better to have and never need than to ever need and not have.

 

[STCM(SW)]

The BOY SCOUT motto: Be Prepared

There's no way to be ready for everything, but being armed can get you pretty darn close. Plus, your VISA and debit cards, your keys...

There you go! I was A boy scout also.

 

[scout789]

Because I'm too old and too weak to carry a cop. Even if I could, I doubt if the cop would enjoy it very much.

 

[Mack_C85]

Carry? What's carry? Oh, I forgot, you guys live in America, not Marylandistan. Where bad guys carry routinely, and the good guys get long sentances if they do.

Even in Baltimore, with the highest per capita Homicide rate in the country, the only gun charges you hear about are some poor bast... caught carrying to protect himself.

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[Peak53]

Because I'm not going to let some blankety-blank punk end my priceless relationship with those I love.