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What do you carry?
Pappy:
You must live on Mars. ;) ;D ;D
Pappy
JustinNC:
I don't use a pocket knife, bandaid, or insurance card everyday but you can bet I have all three on me from when my feet hit the floor til they go back in the bed at night.
What disturbs me is not the fact that people on here don't carry, but think of those of us that do as cowboys or that we think were putting ourselves in harms way everyday.
I'm not the toughest jerky in the bag, but I believe my attitude, or lack there of towards most people I encounter, and sheer size would deter most anybody from messing with me, but I believe that those that might try would have an ace in the hole before they ever confronted me...even though they could probably win without it because I'm just a big ole teddy bear.
I'm not paranoid, I don't carry everyday and went a few years without a carry piece. Just a personal choice to put a right to use.
Michael C.:
I never really considered it more than a day or two until recently just because I didn't think my wife would want a gun in the house. She actually said "maybe we should get a gun" the other day and I have been looking around for a shooting range for us to go to this weekend. I know I feel comfortable with a gun because I grew up around them and was taught to shoot from an early age, but I don't feel comfortable with a gun in the house if my family doesn't know how to use them, so I figure that's the first step for me.
Unfortunately for me most of the places I work don't allow you to carry a weapon even in the parking lot (car) or it could get me fired and it doesn't do a whole lot of good in the car if I needed it in the building. I do think it's always a good idea to at least have a shotgun in your house though and teach everyone in the house how to use any weapon in the house, especially your kids.
Having said all that I'll tell you after we shoot a few different guns at the range :)
Autumnbear:
I don't carry (I can't acually, I got in way too much trouble when I was younger) and I'm glad that there are people who do. I have seen situations were I could have stopped a crime if I had a gun. I wish that that young people had respect for guns. I'm pretty sure that lots of us can remember when parking your truck at the high school with a deer gun on the rack was normal. Now guns are taboo and anyone who carries is either a right wing militia member or a thug.
Kegan:
--- Quote from: Pappy on February 15, 2011, 11:34:02 am ---Kegan that will help as long as they ant shooting for the head. ;) ;D ;D
Pappy
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I have been told that I have a small head ;D...
I wasn't trying to say there's anything wrong with carrying a gun though, just for the record. I'm just not sure of whether the cost (dollars and cents that is) is worth the sense of security in my hands. I've nothing against folks carrying arms, especially not those who do so legally- it's typically for the best reasons (protecting yourself or your family from harm). I suppose the biggest reason is that if I had something that kept bullets from my hearts and insides, I wouldn't be that worried about some crack pot with a knife or big muscles. I've met people like that. I'm always cautious but not scared. I suppose it's just because I'm still young and naive, eh? ;) :D
Also, I have the feeling that if someone wanted to kill me there wouldn't be much a gun, vest, or what ever you could have on your person that could help. Unless someone developed a pill that turned your blood into acid like "Alien" >:D
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