Topic: 'Guns' from another forum

[Stocker]

Disclaimer:  I do not carry a gun...
Just thought some of you might like it.


Subject: Guns
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.

John Steinbeck issued a warning that all should remember:
"Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an a$$ kickin'.

[Trunkz]

sometimes it helps to remind people that the police are just historians, they show up after the crime and document what they see

[abnormaltoy]

John Steinbeck issued a warning that all should remember:
"Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.

Personally, I carry a gun because I'm too young to die and too old to take an a$$ kickin'.

I've been saying that for the last 20 years: my knees are to bad for me to run...or to chase, smoked to many years to fight for very long...so, bang!

In general that's a good sentiment. But, if you believe it...why don't you carry?

[Stocker [OP]]

In general that's a good sentiment. But, if you believe it...why don't you carry?

I do believe in the right to carry, and considered it many years ago.  Truth is, I live in a fairly safe, relatively crime-free area and never felt threatened enough to do so.  If the situation were to change, I would take the class  and get the permit.  Until then, I have enough firepower at home should an emergency arise!   

And I sympathize with the knees, mine are not good either and slowly getting worse...  too many years, too many hills.

[abnormaltoy]

I do believe in the right to carry, and considered it many years ago.  Truth is, I live in a fairly safe, relatively crime-free area and never felt threatened enough to do so.  If the situation were to change, I would take the class  and get the permit.  Until then, I have enough firepower at home should an emergency arise!   

And I sympathize with the knees, mine are not good either and slowly getting worse...  too many years, too many hills.

I disagree with you disagreeing  , but it's your choice.

[kneedownnate]

He lives in an area where you really could still sleep with your doors open.  It's not a town where people worry about their young children cavorting around town by themselves. 

I, on the other hand, live in a place where the state loves to drop parolees    and carrying a sidearm isn't a bad idea.  Being as small as I am, it'd be hard to properly conceal a pistol.

[abnormaltoy]

He lives in an area where you really could still sleep with your doors open.  It's not a town where people worry about their young children cavorting around town by themselves. 

I, on the other hand, live in a place where the state loves to drop parolees    and carrying a sidearm isn't a bad idea.  Being as small as I am, it'd be hard to properly conceal a pistol.

That's one of the good things about AZ...you don't have to conceal. You can get a CWP or just carry it out in the open, of course people tend to not get near you in line at the grocery store.

[BLACKDOG]

That's one of the good things about AZ...you don't have to conceal. You can get a CWP or just carry it out in the open, of course people tend to not get near you in line at the grocery store.

And that is a bad thing?  There are some people here in Reno that you wouldn't to have near you in line at the grocery store, or anywhere else for that matter.  Why is it that those people are always the ones that insist on standing RIGHT next to you?

[abnormaltoy]

And that is a bad thing?  There are some people here in Reno that you wouldn't to have near you in line at the grocery store, or anywhere else for that matter.  Why is it that those people are always the ones that insist on standing RIGHT next to you?

Of course...it could be the week old burritos I ate last night. 

[79coyotefrg]

we have CWP  here  but  if its not concealed  you dont need the permit,  at least  if its in your truck

[kneedownnate]

Same here.  You can have a gun laying on the seat or dash, even on a rack in the back window, just as long as none of them are loaded.  You can have rounds in the magazine when off-road, just can't have one in the chamber.